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Author Topic:   Buzsaw Permanently Suspended
Percy
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Message 13 of 83 (195507)
03-30-2005 3:58 PM


Buzsaw will be missed!
I thought Buzsaw's greatest value was in forcing us to explain things in great detail. His questions often made apparent that not all, or even most, of the supposed science contributors understood the issue properly, and that some even had contradictory understandings. An example: when I told Buzsaw the universe was finite, Sylas corrected me. We don't know if it's finite or infinite. It is only the visible universe that is finite. How much more universe is out there we have no way of knowing at this time.
Buzsaw also made us question our assumptions by making us explain and justify even the most basic points. He forced us to ask ourselves, "Do I really know this at a fundamental level based upon real evidence, or is it just something I accept because it makes sense to me?"
We'll have to work harder to keep each other honest now.
--Percy

  
Percy
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Message 18 of 83 (195518)
03-30-2005 4:33 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by mike the wiz
03-30-2005 4:22 PM


mike the wiz writes:
My worry Percy, is that you're simply banishing Buz for being Buz...
I don't want to imitate Mark McGwire's recent evasive performance before Congress by using self-serving claims of focusing on the positive as a means of avoiding discussion of why Buzsaw was permanently suspended, but it seems most unfair to speak critically of someone who can't be present to defend himself. Why don't you send email to Percy if you want to know my true feelings.
--Percy

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Percy
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From: New Hampshire
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Message 30 of 83 (195569)
03-30-2005 9:45 PM
Reply to: Message 29 by Quetzal
03-30-2005 8:35 PM


Quetzal writes:
However, some of us have done some of our best work explaining things to him - even if he never got it. A useful foil, if nothing else.
I agree. I wrote something fairly similar a couple hours ago in the admin forum. I agree with the rest of what you say, also. Buzsaw will be missed.
--Percy

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