":::::I am not mocking you, I simply cannot understand why you would continue to stump for a position which has no basis in proper scholarship.  I do not need to demonstrate that the NSF does not hold this position - you need to demonstrate that it does hold this position, and for that you are going to need something more than a single taken-out-of-context footnote from an outdated revision of a document on a different topic.  The argument you are defending (not you, mind you, but the argument itself) is stupid.  That is not a matter of interpretation or a matter for disagreement - it's a stupid argument.  Either come up with something more credble, or give it up.    

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