“American Scientist” Understands Nothing about the Traveling Salesman Problem

Re:“American Scientist” Understands Nothing about the Travel... by lotharbot on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @02:34PM (#11574420)

or, in many cases, people who agree but couldn't express the same idea as well as you, or even people who disagree but learned something. Upvotes aren't only a sign of likemindedness.

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Re:“American Scientist” Understands Nothing about the Travel... by barsonme on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @04:30PM (#11575351)

I've often noted how some controversial threads follow the pattern (sometimes a bit more drawn out):

> OP's controversial comment (-50)

> response (+10)

> OP's responds back with evidence or clarification (+100)

where OP was simply misunderstood.

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Re:“American Scientist” Understands Nothing about the Travel... by chris_wot on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @12:11AM (#11577779)

Or alternatively, their score flips from positive, to negative and then to positive (or the opposite) but manages after a while to get an equilibrium and stabilises at 1. I really think some folks must get a little manic when the realise the comment hasn't gone grey...

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Re:“American Scientist” Understands Nothing about the Travel... by SixSigma on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @02:21AM (#11578204)

I get that often. It really is a symptom that should have been broken when learning to writing academic style. Assertions need citations or evidence.

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