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<blockquote data-quote="Corjay" data-source="post: 4411446" data-attributes="member: 52839">Okay, so instead of dropping out because they're wrong, they drop out because they lack evidence and don't feel like pushing it any further. If you'll note in the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=237693" target="_blank">What is it about the GSL that is really a deal breaker?</a> conversation that I concede amicably when people provide facts. Thus, I don't continue to argue just because I WANT to be right. I continue to argue because I'm arguing with someone who has either weaker or no better claim than I do. When I find my claim too weak to gain ground, I either look for evidence to strengthen it, or I openly concede the point. If a person isn't willing to prove their point to completion, then there's no point to be in the conversation in the first place.Such conversations are also a means for people in the conversation to learn things from each other. Questions are asked and answered that wouldn't normally be asked in casual research. If everyone that has the facts backs out of the conversation before it's done because they don't feel like proving their point, then ignorance is what remains.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Corjay, post: 4411446, member: 52839"] Okay, so instead of dropping out because they're wrong, they drop out because they lack evidence and don't feel like pushing it any further. If you'll note in the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=237693"]What is it about the GSL that is really a deal breaker?[/URL] conversation that I concede amicably when people provide facts. Thus, I don't continue to argue just because I WANT to be right. I continue to argue because I'm arguing with someone who has either weaker or no better claim than I do. When I find my claim too weak to gain ground, I either look for evidence to strengthen it, or I openly concede the point. If a person isn't willing to prove their point to completion, then there's no point to be in the conversation in the first place. Such conversations are also a means for people in the conversation to learn things from each other. Questions are asked and answered that wouldn't normally be asked in casual research. If everyone that has the facts backs out of the conversation before it's done because they don't feel like proving their point, then ignorance is what remains. [/QUOTE]

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