A couple of reasons. First is that I think it’s pretentious of me to assume I have some special presence here that makes people interested in why I think they’re wrong. This is your community, and I’m happy to provide an answer to questions people ask, but not everyone is happy I’m allowed to be here and I’m not looking to build a reputation or anything that might be considered a dilution of the overall vibe of this site.

Second is that I don’t really approach Q with the intent to disprove it to you. I’m never really trying to lead anyone to my answer. I’m trying to figure out how you and I are arriving at such wildly different conclusions when looking at the same thing. Which is why I do tend to know what you guys are talking about: I’m reading the same things you are.

That’s WAY easier to accomplish one small question at a time than it is in a huge discussion with potentially tens or hundreds of users at a time.

A couple of reasons. First is that I think it’s pretentious of me to assume I have some special presence here that makes people interested in why I think they’re wrong. This is your community, and I’m happy to provide an answer to questions people ask, but not everyone is happy I’m allowed to be here and I’m not looking to build a reputation or anything that might be considered a dilution of the overall vibe of this site.

Second is that I don’t really approach Q with the intent to disprove it to you, but to see how you guys are responding to what I see as pretty insurmountable obstacles to the logic of it.

I’m never really trying to lead anyone to my answer. I’m trying to figure out how you and I are arriving at such wildly different conclusions when looking at the same thing. Which is why I do tend to know what you guys are talking about: I’m reading the same things you are.

That’s WAY easier to accomplish one small question at a time than it is in a huge discussion with potentially tens or hundreds of users at a time.