[zephen]

> I can guarantee you that most of these simply didn't go far enough;

And I can guarantee that I knew, when I wrote my comment, that I was summoning this very "No true Scotsman" argument.

> they couldn't work out how far a canon ball will land fired at a 45 degree angle with a certain velocity, though they can crack jokes about Schrödinger's cat.

It always superciliously starts with how true lisp people are the most brilliant ever.

> Then once you start grappling with the Lisp issues, and kick the rock farther down the road, even in some small way, you are invested.

And is eventually undermined by an admission of cognitive inflexibility, although not usually so quickly or in the same comment. Good job!

[kazinator]

Ha! For a second it looked like there was a debate here.

[zephen]

What's the point? There's nobody here but you and me.

[Timwi]

That's right, you're all alone in this private chat room.

[zephen]

Attention is a valuable commodity. I guess I owe you. Here, have an upvote.