Bummer... Now I Have To Remove The Sticky!

Just when AMD admits to the misleading benchmarks, Scientia coincidentally owns up to his mistakes. He reckons the list isn’t long enough and he humbly insists that there’s more if only we start looking further back. But the notorious ‘list” was less about the number of mistakes but more about the attitude of infallibility which incidentally annoyed the hell out of his readers.

Scientia’s controversial claims and statements cleverly crafted into an argument are the things that bring readers into his blog. Often when you thread the fine line of controversy and deep opinion, you get a lot of things wrong. But does it really matter? Mike McGee believes that one should never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Awful as it sounds, it is a good maxim to live by if you wish to write publicly. Compared to reading another person’s varying opinion, plain truth can be very dull. In a world where everyone is vying for attention, I’d rather be wrong and make people think than give people the facts and put them to sleep. We have the News to do that for us. But again, there is a world of a difference between getting things wrong and insisting that you never get things wrong. The recent incident in his blog was about the latter.

But unexpectedly, Scientia owns up to all his mistakes. Personally, I find it disappointing simply because my arsenal of “I told you so’s” have now been completely wiped clean quickly taking away my right to gloat! I personally believe that there is no value nor esteem in bringing up past mistakes in an argument when your opponent has admitted to them. This most certainly takes away the fun of arguing with him now. But to his credit, it takes a lot of humility and courage to be able to do what he just did. We all have to give him that.

As for his personal tragedy, I believe I can speak for everyone on both sides when I say that the kind of heated arguments that we throw at each other should be kept within the arena of discussion and separate from our personal lives. On a personal level, I can only wish everyone, above all Scientia, well. I can understand how terrible it must have been to be in such a difficult situation. One can easily imagine how futile it must have felt, even if it provided a brief respite from the sorrow, to distract oneself through online forums. I can only hope that such tragic circumstance never happen to anyone else, especially everyone here who participate in the discussions.