Originally Posted by Tiglath

Here we go again, putting enough words into my mouth (which I did not write) until you have a case against me. It's a grotesque rhetorical device. Is that all you can contribute?

You should pay more attention to the the thread. A few post back a fellow stated that he sees no need for a helmet because in fifty years or riding he never hurt his head.

His implicit argument is that fifty years of safe riding mean somehow that he has better odds of not having accidents in the future, and I pointed out that this argument is fallacious. At no point I said this guy is incapable of thinking. And yes it mystifies me because most people don't believe that their future luck depends on their past luck. So bloody what?

If you choose to see insults where none can be found, that is entirely your outlook, and has nothing to do with me. I see how victimhood looks attractive to many for its perks, but equating disagreement, even mystified disagreement, with a verbal attack is inane.

Originally Posted by Tiglath

Good observation, but that does not stop people over-analyzing something that can be decide just by thinking about it.
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Originally Posted by Tiglath

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It mistifies me the way some people think. They think that if flipping a coin many times and getting only tails, means that a head will never appear. When in fact every flip is independent of all others and has the same odds.
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