On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:42:47 -0400, wrote:


The point of Mr Hamilton's opinion is that he didn't have to have
exacting specifics of what WD-40 is. He had enough information
and enough education to draw the correct conclusions on WD-40
even if he didn't have the exact recipe in front of him.

In other words, he's incompetent. If he was a competent professional
chemist he would never offer a judgement without having the facts.

No. He is competent enough to recognize chemical properties and know
what makes a good lubricant and what doesn't.

It's like solving a puzzle. He only needed two clues before he knew
the answer. Going by your theory he must wait for all the clues
before he makes a judgment. Having to do that is what would
make him incompetent.

???

He doesn't know what is in the product. It could be 100% filtered goat
milk for all he knows.