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Re: The greatest baby step

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On 7/26/2023 10:11 AM, Prokaryotic Capase Homolog wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 3:08:37 PM UTC-5, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> 
>> I didn't say that "Doctor" Hachel was a cretin; I said he wasn't an expert.
> 
> I've noticed an interesting asymmetry in application of the
> various rules-of-thumb whereby I distinguish between crackpots,
> reliable posters, and bona fide experts.
> 
> As a general rule-of-thumb, those who proclaim loudest their
> expertise generally are not expert at all.
> 
> The asymmetry in the rule-of-thumb is that the converse is
> not true: people who make a point of telling people that
> they are not expert *also* are not expert. Case in point would
> be myself. I tell people that I am not expert, and it is pretty
> clear to me that I am not.
> 
> So how do you figure who is a bona fide expert?
> 
> :-)

It is posited ideas that matter, not persons.

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The greatest baby step   Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-25 18:23 +0000
  Re: The greatest baby step Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 20:45 +0200
    Re: The greatest baby step Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-25 19:28 +0000
      Re: The greatest baby step Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 22:08 +0200
        Re: The greatest baby step Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-25 20:41 +0000
        Re: The greatest baby step Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 08:11 -0700
          Re: The greatest baby step Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-26 15:57 +0000
          Re: The greatest baby step Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 18:19 +0200
            Re: The greatest baby step Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 22:03 -0700
          Re: The greatest baby step Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-07-26 13:39 -0400
            Re: The greatest baby step Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 22:03 -0700
              Re: The greatest baby step Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-07-28 01:16 -0400
                Re: The greatest baby step Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-27 23:06 -0700
          Re: The greatest baby step whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-26 16:57 -0500
            Re: The greatest baby step Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 20:00 -0700
              Re: The greatest baby step whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-27 00:05 -0500
                Re: The greatest baby step Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-07-27 08:09 -0700
            Re: The greatest baby step Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-27 09:33 +0000
  Re: The greatest baby step   Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-25 19:32 +0000
  Re: The greatest baby step   Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-26 16:00 +0000
    Re: The greatest baby step Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 09:19 -0700
    Re: The greatest baby step Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 18:23 +0200
      Re: The greatest baby step Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-26 16:38 +0000
        Re: The greatest baby step Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 11:06 -0700
          Re: The greatest baby step Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 20:33 +0200
            Re: The greatest baby step Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-26 19:11 +0000
              Re: The greatest baby step Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-27 08:59 +0200
            Re: The greatest baby step Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 16:00 -0700

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