Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!nuchat!sugar!ficc!jeffd From: jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Debating Skills Summary: Geometry, too! Message-ID: <6278@ficc.uu.net> Date: 25 Sep 89 10:39:13 GMT References: <22469@cup.portal.com> <34991@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Lines: 11 In article <34991@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > > If you want to know how to argue, go sign up for a debate class. THIS IS EXCELLENT ADVICE! A gold star to Chuq. Along the same lines, I would recommend anyone not completely alienated from mathematics to take a course in geometry -- the proofs teach one how to organize arguments logically (hence the expression, "learning all the angles" {|8^)] ). Jeff Daiell