On 28 September 2011 11:41, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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It is annoying for experts in a subject that they have studied for<br></div>
years when the whole subject is casually dismissed. Simplistic<br>
arguments are assumed correct when the experts have read whole books<br>
discussing all the ramifications of similar arguments.<br></blockquote><div><br><br>Agreed. I've found myself on both sides of that fence a number of times. It seems to me that this is likely where a database of topics, positions, arguments & evidence would be very useful: Presumably it would cut down on casual speculation in thoroughly well-trodden areas.<br>
<br>- A<br></div></div>