Anybody care to explain the 2 down-votes? I was trying to figure out how to show that I read it but wasn't planning on responding further, and I figured that signalling my appreciation for his response would be an adequate way in this circumstance. Perhaps not though.
It tends to frustrate me when I'm waiting for a response and can't figure out whether (1) they aren't planning on one, or (2) they're just taking a while. This is one of my first attempts to get some practice saving people from that annoyance, but apparently it didn't go very well.
Explanations on why this was down-voted, or suggestions on a better way to go about this next time, would be appreciated.
I suspect that a comment that had some minimal comment other than just an upvote note might have been better received. Examples would be something like "I understand your position. Upvoted." or just "That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying." Although I did make a comment that was almost identical to the second one a while ago that got downvoted.
Edit: See for example this comment by Pedanterrific which seems to have been intended to have a similar goal set.
See: You Be the Jury, The Amanda Knox Test
While we hear about Bayes' Theorem being under threat in some courts, it is nice to savor the occasional moment of rationality prevailing in the justice system, and of mistakes being corrected.
Congratulations to the Italian court system for successfully saying "Oops!"
Things go wrong in this world quite a bit, as we know. Sometimes it's appropriate to just say "hooray!" when they go right.
Discuss, or celebrate.