[Sigia-l] data as information?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Scott Nelson
> 
> On Jun 29.2005, at 19:02, Boniface Lau wrote:
> 
> >> Wow, that has got to be the stupidest argument I've hard in a
> >> long time. A looooong time. Jeez.
> >>
> >
> > Care to explain why you thought it was stupid?
> 
> i'll take a shot.
> 
> you didn't explain anything. you simply pointed to a large
> collection of data.
> 
> unless you put that large collection of data into some context, your  
> argument doesn't really mean very much.

I already did that in another message within this thread. 

Even if one feels the context is still insufficient, that only means
more is required to assess the validity of an argument. It does not
mean an argument is stupid.


Boniface