Re: Castle What?

In message <675f4qF2n925qU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"David Holden" <SpamBin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Most people on these groups have learned from past experience that
there are certain people with whom it is pointless to get into any
debate because they are simply incapable of rational communication.

It's not surprising. Subjects such as mathematics, science and computing
tend to be populated with individuals who tend to have more autistic
traits than a random sample from the population, e.g. individuals with
obvious aspergers, or individuals who are extremely pedantic. These
individuals are often very good mathematicians/scientists/programmers,
have an incredibly good grasp of logic, but often lack social skills
such as the ability to empathise, collaborate and, in particular, to
compromise.

Mike
--
M.R. Clark PhD, Reader in Therapeutic and Molecular Immunology
Cambridge University, Department of Pathology
Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP
Tel +44 (0)1223 333705 Web http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/
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