(June 10, 2015 at 7:28 am)Alex K Wrote: Jesus, I'm drowning in saccharine harmony here! Can't we fight a little over who made what contribution?
The trouble is, it is all there in the earlier posts of this thread. How can I take credit for explaining some bit of physics when anyone can look at the earlier pages and see that it was you doing it? I don't even have to be particularly honest to not do that, just not incredibly stupid.
It would also be problematic if someone asked me to explain anything again. It is much easier and smarter for me to say that I had nothing to do with such explanations. Very often, honesty really is the best policy.
(June 10, 2015 at 12:42 pm)Alex K Wrote: I could change my username to that and be even more anonymous. Or would that have a creepy vibe?
It would depend on what you decide to post afterwards. If you start saying things like, "little girl, why don't you come over and sit on Uncle K's lap," that would have a creepy vibe to it. On the other hand, it has a creepy vide regardless of your name, so maybe it would not matter.
I suppose if you are wanting to flirt with anyone, you had better not go with "Uncle K," as that would have a creepiness, as it would be giving the idea that you are flirting with your niece or nephew, even though that is not necessarily what would be going on.
Also, changing your name to "Uncle K" would take all the fun out of calling you "Uncle K." We might then have to start calling you "Alex."
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
