"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message
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"George" George@least wrote:


"Fred Holder" wrote in message
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I don't do any in depth scientific analysis of things.

Then why should it trouble you that others do? You could, and possibly
even should learn something. Which, is one reason why the information
is presented in analysis and rebuttal. The other being to warn others
against believing a magic feather will save them when jumping from
the tower when they could save themselves by using their ears and
minds.




Clue: sometimes it's the singer, not the song.

With Fred, absolutely. He's made the statement directly. It's the
messenger, not the message. Halo effect is the limit of his "research."
Someone has accidental success with something - but a reputation - then as
the original "spielendoktor" has it, it becomes truth by repetition. The
hobby is full of turning legends originated by turning legends that are
plain false. One immediately to mind is that wax will "harden" soft wood
for sanding. I suppose, had the first little pig used some wax to bond that
straw house, the wolf would be a vegetarian today.

Personally, I don't think Michael Jordan, fine player he was, knows much
about jockey shorts that we haven't discovered on our own.