RE: Effective discourse in the IETF

[Eric Gray <[e-mail]>]

Randy,



I essentially agree, with the qualification that - if you don't "posit a wrong answer" that wouldn't pass the least discerning sanity filter - you could find yourself "filtered out" of all subsequent discussion.



If I feel sure that I am wrong, I would think about the question further before adding to the inevitable noise.



I have hopes that this is a common point of view, in spite of evidence that occasionally arise to the contrary.



😊

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Eric



-----Original Message-----
From: ietf <[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Randy Bush
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 1:34 PM
To: Keith Moore <[e-mail]>
Cc: IETF Rinse Repeat <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Effective discourse in the IETF



> If you think youʼre definitely wrong about something, and the goal of

> a discussion is to find a right answer, why would you contribute that

> something to a discussion?



on some mailing lists, e.g. nanog, a good way to get an answer to a question is to posit a wrong answer.  if you just ask the question, no one will answer; but 412 people are happy to correct you. :)



of course it requires a thick skin and the ability to sort through 412 responses.



randy