[Timon3]

I appreciate you asking, but I've had these discussions before, and they've never turned out to be fruitful. At this point I'm only interested in (and going to change my mind if presented with) independent studies, but since those are no longer possible, I don't think this will happen.

[JumpCrisscross]

Then why comment?!

[Timon3]

Why make my initial comment? I keep seeing this assertion in discussions around Twitter, but I've never seen it substantiated beyond personal anecdotes, and it runs counter to my own observations. It's possible that I'm wrong, so I like to ask for data backing up these assertions.

Or are you asking why I made my last comment? I thought it was more polite than just not replying.