Bogeyman,
Sorry for intruding on your discussion and while I have no desire to further fuel the discussion, I just had to throw a comment in here.
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How can you have learned anything when you all sing from the same hymn sheet ?
In my opinion, we do not sing from the same hymn sheet, but we sing the same kind of hymns (to stay in your analogy). And now that MID, Lilly and Hazzard are mentioned along with me, I'll just say that we have areas of knowledge that overlap, but more important, we also have areas of knowledge that
do not overlap, but are complementary. There is no collaboration, conspiracy or the like in the cooking behind the curtains - we just happen to share the same requirements for scientific data and analysis and thus supplement each other fairly well.
By the way, I do not normally include named persons in my posts, but I guess it'll be ok in this case (otherwise, please do forgive me).
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No offence but Morrison has a very valid point.....When someone makes a case for something First Hazzard or Lilly will come on and shoot it down (no matter what it is) ...and ten minutes later The next will come on and completely back up every word the other has said.....it's a bit tiresome but i for one have got used to it now and as a matter of fact have timed them on some posts......but hey whatever ...the point is are they right or not ? a lot of the time they are not and are in fact guilty of what they accuse others of....namely believing every thing they see and hear (As long as it comes from the right site of course).
But this is the point of a forum ...difference of opinions ...
I resent that implication, as that would mean that the only intention we (aforementioned named people) have is to go shooting from the hip. As you state yourself, we are here to engage in a discussion and exchange points of views, and that is what all of us are judged by - and in the end, the whole topic. Of course, sometimes a good point is made and then I show my support by agreeing, I readily admit that, but I am mainly here to learn and has no intention of being an echo of others. And I
will argue from science point of view! And my arguments will be researched thoroughly! Consequently, I will not believe anything I read or am told, as implied, and to the best of my knowledge neither will MID, Lilly or Hazzard. Actually, from reading their posts it should be fairly obvious that they have a very critical stance towards any information put forth. It is hard, but that is how science works. It can feel hard as well, but there is no personal attacks or wishes to bring anybody down. Try and think of it from a different angle: tomorrow you are to present your hypothesis for 300 people in a auditorium. You have made your power point slides, your suit has been at the dry cleaners and the butterflies in your stomach are replicating at a frightening rate, but you think you are ready. But are you really ready? Did you think any and all conceivable questions through? Where are your weak spots? Will some clever smarta.. get up and ask that one critical question you hadn't thought of that punctures your whole hypothesis in front of 300 people and making a laughing stock out of you? This board is rather relaxed in this matter, but we will ask questions and we will point out if we think something is wrong. The BAUT forum is strictly a science board and they state that up front. Surely, they will be more than helpful (there are some incredible smart people there) if you have a question to ask, but if one comes around with material that is not properly researched or simply completely unsubstantiated, it will be noted. And if continued, one is simply banned. It is in that respect a no nonsense board and it has nothing to do with personal grudges or the like, simply the arguments. And that people don't want to waste their time over and over again.
I will therefore say that any hypothesis that is brought forth I will try and put any and all holes in that I can possibly can. And one day I won't be able to do so and that is when I know we have something substantial! But in many cases all we can do is to discussion opinions and in the end we might have to politely disagree and so be it! I respect your opinion and I trust you to respect mine
Finally, I have no intention of adding to the discussion on how discussion forums work in general, how one should behave or what is scientific facts, etc. If there is an interest in continuing this discussion I would suggest we make a new topic and return to the original topic of this thread (of which I have no knowledge and thus will not engage in before doing some research).
Best,
Badeskov