In fairness, the person (OrphanWilde) playing the part of A in that little dialogue (1) gives at least one person other than WhyAsk (namely, me) the impression of playing dark-artsy status games in his comments and (2) has described himself in so many words as a practitioner of the Dark Arts. In that context, it's not so crazy for WhyAsk to suspect something of the sort may have been going on.
Perfectly fair. (Given that I get the impression polymathwannabe doesn't like me very much, I appreciate the neutrality of the choice to defend, however, so I'd prefer not to discourage them in the general case.)
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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