James Fischer writes:
It seems itself to attempt to "pick apart" some unspecified statement of
mine by implying that a discussion participant should never address the
statements of others, or ask any questions about any statements of others.

Nothing could be further from the truth. I welcome anyone who challenges the concepts presented. They aren't "my ideas" in any case. Perhaps I misinterpreted the "intent" of what you were saying. 

> We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no certainty. People are terrified — how can you live and not know? You only think you know, as a matter of fact. And most of your actions are based on incomplete knowledge and you really don't know what it is all about, or what the purpose of the world is, or know a great deal of other things. It is possible to live and not know. -- from lecture "What is and What Should be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", given by Richard Feynmann at the Galileo Symposium in Italy (1964)

> Anyone with ideals is bound to come up short of them, most of the time. -- Pete (2016) Bee-L

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