XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net
In article ,
droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com says...
>
> In article ,
> "sna" wrote:
>
> > >> But those were both settled before the train showed up.
> > >
> > > The issue is not settlement,
> >
> > That is what was being discussed.
>
> No, it wasn't. Settlement was a straw man, probably from J. Clarke,
> introduced to double-down on the stupidity of claiming that trains need
> a dense population to make sense.
>
> > but the fallacy that trains don't make
> > > sense until *after* the population density rises to a certain level.
> >
> > That wasnąt what was being discussed there. I didnąt even comment on that.
>
> Indeed, you were instead feeding the troll. I'm asking you to stop
> doing that.
Do you get a cookie every time you're plonked or something?
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