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The primary definition includes the explanation: "a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible".
Can any progress be made? No.
Can the argument be advanced? No.
And from that triksy guy's perspective that is where he saw the world. Hence from his perspective it was an impasse.
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Monteroy has introduced an irrelevance based upon the fact that Bob could if he so wished, take some action.
I live in the real world. It is a fun place. Try it some time, you might like it.
In the real world Bobo saw this guys post, and politely replied with "this is how it works" and moved on. From his perspective he did advance the debate by bringing it to a conclusion (even if tricksy guy refused to accept it was over).
Bobo advanced his position and concluded the discussion, hence no impasse existed from his perspective, even if tricksy guy was still mumbling about impasses after the fact. It was over.
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The impasse is because one person believes one position and the other believes the opposite and neither can persuade the other.
In this case, one side did not have to persuade the other, so the underlying conditions of an impasse never existed. Hence, it was not as much of an impasse as tricksy guy thought the whole time, since whether he was persuaded or not was in the end irrelevant.
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The fact that if one side changed their opinion they could make some change is irrelevant.
No problem. Test your theory in the real world by going on the street and blocking traffic. When the cops come and say "move it or we arrest you" tell them that you and not yet persuaded and you will not move and you are declaring an impasse exists.
As you get hauled off to jail and meet Bubba your new best friend in your cell think about how significant an "impasse" existed that entire time in the REAL world, even if in your mind it was as solid as a rock. Then hope Bubba is gentle, because that aint an impasse either.
The fact that one side can completely decide the outcome of a situation makes it as I said long ago
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Originally Posted by Monteroy
Less of an impasse as you may think.
You get it yet? Tricky guy thought he was at an impasse. He wasn't as it was only an impasse in his own mind. I was explaining to him why his perception of an impasse existing was wrong. That's all.
You know how to define words. Work on applying them to the context of a situation.
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Originally Posted by Arouet
No, they're not nuts at all. It's funny until you see that the lady in that first link is charging $125/hour to people for "counselling". This guy is plugging a book. You want to go after fraud, TK, go after these guys. These people are just taking advantage of gullible people. Kinda like the sceintologists.
Some of these are indeed very effective business models for their targets. I hate what they do, but I do respect how they identify their system (ie: targets/customers) and derive as much value from the system as they can based on the customer/victim's flaws. I keep suggesting riggies do the same!