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Originally Posted by dlavery
Oh, please, would you consider offering even a scintilla of factual evidence to support even one of these rather astounding statements? As Thomas Paine pointed out, outrageous claims require outrageous proof. In particular, I eagerly await your well-reasoned, justified rationale for the statement "FIRST makes up roles [sic] for their games without thinking about the practicality of them during game play." I can think of several people who would argue this point with you rather vehemently. If you can not back up such statements, you might reconsider whether it is prudent to make such public assertions.
Lest you think that this is just a knee-jerk reaction to an insulting diatribe, there is a rational reason for the above request. As engineers (or engineer wanna-be's) we need to be able to clearly communicate with peers and compatriots, and provide appropriate explanations for assertions that may not be intuitively obvious. If we can not do so, if we instead rely solely on unsupported opinion and not fact, then our effectiveness is severely limited. One may be able to find the optimal solution to a given problem, but if you can not tell someone else WHY it is the optimal answer - with clear, lucid language supported by factual underpinnings - then your utility to an engineering team is minimized. So I would suggest that this may be an opportune time to practice this skill.
-dave
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I've been noticing an unfortunate growth in the number of posts in the same vein as the one from Valley Raider that Dave has reacted to. It really boggles the mind to think how flippantly someone can write off years of dedication and effort from the FIRST folk. Can we please at least try to exercise some level of civility?
Everyone makes mistakes. Before you call someone out on their mistake, make darn certain it is one, and make darn certain that you do so in a constructive manner.
If this trend continues, you can expect the FIRST folk to stop reading Chief Delphi altogether, at which point you will have lost your voice.