Posted by Dinah on December 28, 2008, at 14:09:25
In reply to Re: Jumping to conclusions, posted by Sigismund on December 28, 2008, at 13:46:32
In all fairness, Sigismund, I do not agree.
"to judge a situation without enough information about it"
Often at Babble the information lacking is intent. So for example, I recently heard from my dog's breeder who asked how things were going. I responded telling her that a test had come up positive, and she could have had reason for being angry with that. She didn't respond. I wrote her later telling her the test was a false positive. She didn't respond. I got a bit nervous and a month or so later dropped her a line, and still got no response. It seemed like a logical conclusion to me that she wasn't answering because she was angry. Later I called her and found out she wasn't at all angry, she was actually pleased with me, but that she'd been really busy and gotten behind with her emails.
Had I at any point along the way posted *my* truth, that she wasn't responding to me because she was angry about the test results, I'd be jumping to a conclusion. At the time it seemed like the logical conclusion and I was sure I was right. But I didn't have all the information. If I had posted that I had written to her several times and she hadn't responded, that would be the facts. But my information stopped there.
Intent isn't the only missing information that is applicable at Babble, but it's a common one.
I would also have to disagree that minority opinions are not tolerated on Babble, if that's what you're saying. Dr. Bob tolerates all opinions on Babble, so long as they are stated in accordance with the civility guidelines. And if you meant that statements critical of Administration are not tolerated, I would disagree with that as well. Which is not to say that you are incorrect. I simply come to a different conclusion.
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