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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 7253884.lNWL4n7ouV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/6/11
> 11:02 PM:
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Some parents still use stork stories?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Or avoid the whole issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gets harder to explain at some stage.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, it is similar to using "God" to explain all you do not want to
>>>>>>>>> discuss.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Argument from ignorance.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not quite: that would be saying something like since we cannot prove
>>>>>>> beyond *any* doubt (reasonable or not) that someone is guilty, then they
>>>>>>> must be innocent (not just presumed so, but actually so).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> We start from the false hypothesis which says the Sun God (or God
>>>>>> metaphor for the Sun) extends to our life and death (and 'after' death).
>>>>>>
>>>>> And since we cannot disprove it then it must be true. OK, Argument from
>>>>> Ignorance it is. :)
>>>>>
>>>> A bit like Apple proponents speaking about the 'merit' of iStuff.
>>>>
>>> Apple makes some amazing stuff - they get, perhaps more than any other tech
>>> company companies, the importance of user experience over a listing of tech
>>> specs and bulleted feature lists (which is not to say they do not advertise
>>> those as well). People in COLA, for example, have claimed iMacs are
>>> overpriced or not a good tool, but I have repeatedly asked what tool would
>>> serve me as well or better than my iMac (at a similar or lower price). The
>>> answer, of course, is that no tool would. None.
>>>
>>> Same with my iPod - even though it is a bit small to type and read on, it
>>> serves me well. I do not know the alternate tools in that category as well,
>>> but from what I have read and seen, an Android device would not serve me as
>>> well, either. Again, though, I have not really played with Android or any
>>> devices much.
>>>
>> You should get out more.
>
> Your white flag is noted.
My insinuation is that you do not try products external to you.
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