You cared enough to ask the question. Now look at me not caring enough to answer. Quod Erat Demonstrandum, in some subtle way.

I'm not playing the "I care less than you" game--I'm asking the question.

Well I didn't make my original statement correctly.

I was having this same discussion with a friend of mine, who said he was always happy to entertain contradictions in his personal philosophy; and said with some pride that they never do. Sometimes they test it but it remains unbroken.

And I put that to great thought, and realized that I had a lot of contradictions to point out, but despite being his good friend for years, I never did. I thought maybe that's what friends do.

So it is partly up to us to put our own thoughts and beliefs and narratives to the harshest tests we can find. I won't fix you. You fix you.

By the way sir
but earlier
Hey man YOU said it was "arguing" so I just went with your term

Oh, no, man, not "you" you, universal you--anyone.

Anytime anyone wants to "chicken out" when hard verification is called for. And not of my personal belief systems, or anything like that.

Mostly just mundane stuff, like as if two people were debating what 2 plus 2 adds up to. Person A says it is 4, and is happy to demonstrate why it is 4. Person B just feels like it is 5, but has nothing to back that up. If person B is pressed by person A for more details, it is easy to say that person A is being an a$$hole "for no reason" and why can't they just leave it alone.

But it isn't "for no reason" --it is because facts and details are important.



What I got from your original comment is that, as a "Person A" I am not trying to force my conclusion as the only possible true conclusion. I would actually love for Persons B to break out a pencil and paper, show me the math and show me where I was wrong.

Then, you know, you learn.



In short, I don't debate to prove I am right. I debate to learn what is right. It's a process. It's on purpose.

Everyone has something to contribute. If we counted on ourselves to have the exclusive correct answers, that would be silly.

Going back the the fan direction...

I run it so that it pulls the air up. I have a really cool basement. Now, in a hot house, I cant imagine it doing much if there isnt any cooler air below that needs to be drawn up. In that case, I would think that forcing the air down would provide more relief, at least while you are under it.

To test which direction the blades need to run, I simply lick my finger and hold it under them. If the bottom of my finger gets a little cooler than the top, then the air is being forced up. :D

that would be Religion or Politics, actually.

quick, somebody put that shit in the Hall of Fame.

Is this when the shit hits the fan?