Comments on: The Fallacy of the Gasoline Octane and Mileage Correlation

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:29:31 +0000

daisyfae: That’s a very good idea. Maybe I should…hey! That’s what I did!

kyknoord: Welcome to the Tome! Thanks for your comment. But I wish I knew what Rickrolling was…

UK: The problem I see is that not everyone knows the facts. Partly because bad information takes on a life of its own.

nm: *Sigh* Yes, perhaps it does mean I was a little hasty. But I’m just spoiled by good bloggers, like yourself, who are very attentive to their blogs and post comments quite quickly. Fortunately, writing slagging blog posts is the only thing I’m hasty with. And besides, good bloggers – like you – always do their research and don’t publish inaccurate or wrong information.

PS: What happened to your avatar?

By: nursemyra

nursemyra — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:41:08 +0000

I just read the link and your comment is up over there. does that mean you were a little hasty in saying it was rejected?

By: Uncle Keith

Uncle Keith — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:54:32 +0000

Some people just will not allow the facts to get in the way of what they believe to be the truth.

By: kyknoord

kyknoord — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:27:05 +0000

While I applaud your quest for accuracy, I am of the opinion that presenting a coherent, logical and factual argument will never be quite as satisfying as saying, “You are wrong. I have all the proof here:” and then Rickrolling the ~~victim~~ individual concerned.

By: daisyfae

daisyfae — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:08:21 +0000

(sigh) Your facts? Clearly mucking up this guys rant, Rob!

What to do? Well, you could always capture the comment on your own blog, with a ‘pingback’ to the author. At least you’d have the satisfaction of knowing you clarified, even if the author didn’t want to be distracted by actual technical data…