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I do my best to make sure all posts are accurate, but at the same time I make no promises regarding inaccuracies, omissions, etc. I’d recommend if you’re researching something online you don’t rely solely on any one website, but consult a variety of sources. I’m only human, so when I do go wrong please use the comment box at the bottom of each post (if you click on the title of the post first) to make suggestions or correct me.

Similarly, I try to reference and link to my sources wherever possible, so that the original authors get credit where it’s due. However, if I neglect to do this or I use ideas which have been covered before, by all means let me know and I’ll link to it.

When I quote someone, I try to let them know that I’ve done so, in order that they have a chance to respond. If anyone has an email address for Schopenhauer, please let me know.

Comments

I’d like to encourage readers to comment and participate in the discussions here, particularly if they don’t have a blog of their own. The idea being that we can learn from each other’s opinions. However, I would also like to keep the discussion civil.

I ask that you direct your disagreements at the arguments and not the people who make them. In sporting parlance: “Play the ball, not the man“. Saying, “Your beliefs are wrong because you can’t spell, are uneducated or believe something else which is immoral” are examples of “Ad Hominem” attacks. This is not helpful to the discussion and causes unnecessary offence.

Please also try to stay on the topic of the post. If you’ve got a particular point to make that isn’t relevant to one of the posts here you can probably find a blog post elsewhere on the web which discusses your point or even start your own blog. Try to address points made by the author or other commenters. Long winded rambling tangents or unrelated preaching are also strongly discouraged.

What it doesn’t mean is that we all have to agree. Differences of opinion and working out why we disagree is part of what this website is about. With that in mind, I suggest that rather than simply stating an opinion, you say why you believe that.

I would also suggest that you provide links or references to support your arguments and if you’re responding to something written above, use a blockquote tag. The buttons above the comment box allow you to add some basic HTML tags to help with this.

I may delete posts or ban commenters who regularly ignore this comment policy. Most of the time such people will get a warning, unless it seems they’re just trying to make trouble.