Robert Kern wrote:
His problem is that he doesn't respect that technical terms can have different meanings in different fields and contexts. No authoritative reference can solve his problem for him. He's being overly pedantic about a field in which *he* is clearly not an authority. You can't convince such people, only ignore them.Unfortunately that's not much of an option for me. We are working on a project together so I am forced to either prove his notion incorrect or I give in to his conception. *throws hands in air*
Why are *you* the one that his notion is incorrect? Why isn't he the one that has to prove *you* incorrect? Put forth the Wikipedia article, and then the ball is in his court to disprove the arguments therein with a more authoritative source. (At least this is my understanding of the common rules of debate.)
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