Ideas about how software should behave

Fri Nov 10 20:52:49 EST 2017

On 11/10/17 6:03 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> writes:
>>> On 11/8/17 10:18 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
>>> What has been made clear to me is that we have a long way to go in
>>> pursuit of allowing ideas to be held at arm's length, discussed and
>>> criticised, with respect and compassion for one another.
>> Indeed.  Beyond just respect and compassion, this discussion has
>> mentioned "changing people's minds" a few times.  How's that going?
> Impressively well, in my opinion.

It seems to me that Steve has not changed Jon's mind at all. Abrasive 
words don't change people's minds.
--Ned.