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Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn

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On 8/2/17 2:13 PM, pnalsing@gmail.com wrote:
> McGinn wrote:
> the people that make H2O phase diagrams are all liars.

It's worth pointing out that McGinn can't get his story right in the 
first place.

He says first of all that NO substance below its boiling point can be in 
the form of a gas, because he is under the impression that the only time 
two phases can ever coexist is at melting point or boiling point, which 
is his interpretation of a phase diagram. This would then apply to 
ethanol as well as water. (The simple test of this is to see if ethanol 
can combust in the region ABOVE an air-liq.ethanol interface.) In other 
words, the phase diagram tells him something that is NOT special to water.

But then he says that water is unique in this aspect because of the 
special attributes of water and its unusual behaviors, such as its high 
polarity. And therefore ONLY water lives as microdroplets and not as a 
gas below the boiling point. In which case the phase diagram argument 
means nothing because it is not the phase diagram that enforces that 
state but the special features of water.

But then again, maybe only one of McGinn's personalities is making the 
argument based on what phase diagrams and boiling point mean to him. A 
wholly different personality is making the argument based on the unique 
attributes of water. And yet another personality isn't making any 
argument at all, but is simply flinging spittle and muttering "you got 
nothin!"

-- 
Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-07-27 17:26 -0500
  Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Claudius Denk <claudiusdenk@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 15:31 -0700
    Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn pnalsing@gmail.com - 2017-07-27 16:57 -0700
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        Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn pnalsing@gmail.com - 2017-07-27 18:20 -0700
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              Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 19:37 -0700
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                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2017-07-28 10:07 -0700
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              Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Claudius Denk <claudiusdenk@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 20:37 -0700
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-07-31 11:40 +0000
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              Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Claudius Denk <claudiusdenk@gmail.com> - 2017-07-31 20:08 -0700
              Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Claudius Denk <claudiusdenk@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 13:42 -0700
          Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Claudius Denk <claudiusdenk@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 20:01 -0700
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            Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 14:23 +0000
              Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-08-02 12:53 -0500
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 13:00 -0500
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                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 17:17 -0700
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-08-04 01:22 +0000
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                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn pnalsing@gmail.com - 2017-08-02 12:09 -0700
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                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 12:01 -0700
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn pnalsing@gmail.com - 2017-08-02 12:13 -0700
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-08-02 14:45 -0500
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Solving Tornadoes <solvingtornadoes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 15:19 -0700
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn pnalsing@gmail.com - 2017-08-02 15:37 -0700
                Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 10:27 -0500
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      Re: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own,Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments as demonstrated by James McGinn Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-07-27 20:11 -0500
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