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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 8357746" data-attributes="member: 6901101">Your two points may be true - and they may not. Repeating an argument often means repeating it from a different vantage point. Sometimes that allows others to something they had not seen before. And in truth, one person can state something to an OP, and a different person can come along and say the same exact thing to said OP, and the OP will suddenly believe it. I mean, have you ever been in a long term relationship where that has happened? Hubby: The dining room table would look best here.Wife: No, I don't think so.Hubby: But it gives us space and doesn't crowd the room.Wife: I don't think so.Wife's BFF: It looks best right here. (Exactly where hubby wanted it.)Wife: Oh yeah, you're right. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> And if the argument is uninformed, so what? Who does it hurt? Someone will generally pop in with one sentence and say, &quot;Oh yeah, that was covered. We found evidence contrary.&quot; This will either: A. force the poster to go read the pages or B. ignore the conversation altogether. Lastly, I think it would be really hard to argue that answering a question an OP placed out there (to be answered by random people on a forum!) is hardly the worst of both worlds. If you create a thread, expect it to meander like a river. Expect some insight. And expect some information to be repeated. But most of all, be open to other people's opinion. If you're not, why post other than for validation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 8357746, member: 6901101"] Your two points may be true - and they may not. Repeating an argument often means repeating it from a different vantage point. Sometimes that allows others to something they had not seen before. And in truth, one person can state something to an OP, and a different person can come along and say the same exact thing to said OP, and the OP will suddenly believe it. I mean, have you ever been in a long term relationship where that has happened? Hubby: The dining room table would look best here. Wife: No, I don't think so. Hubby: But it gives us space and doesn't crowd the room. Wife: I don't think so. Wife's BFF: It looks best right here. (Exactly where hubby wanted it.) Wife: Oh yeah, you're right. ;) And if the argument is uninformed, so what? Who does it hurt? Someone will generally pop in with one sentence and say, "Oh yeah, that was covered. We found evidence contrary." This will either: A. force the poster to go read the pages or B. ignore the conversation altogether. Lastly, I think it would be really hard to argue that answering a question an OP placed out there (to be answered by random people on a forum!) is hardly the worst of both worlds. If you create a thread, expect it to meander like a river. Expect some insight. And expect some information to be repeated. But most of all, be open to other people's opinion. If you're not, why post other than for validation. [/QUOTE]

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