Look: I am eager to learn stuff I don't know--which requires actively courting and posting smart disagreement.

But as you will understand, I don't like to post things that mischaracterize and are aimed to mislead.

-- Brad Delong

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Question of the Day

This is prompted by seeing the Word AVER, clued as "state firmly," in yesterday's L.A. Times Crossword by the always brilliant Jerome Gunderson.

Is the thing that you AVER an AVERAGE? And if what you AVER is characterized by malice, would it be a MEAN AVERAGE?

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