From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   D  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On Wed, 29 May 2024, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >   
   >> Gary McGath  wrote:   
   >>> If this thread ever gets back to convention codes of conduct,   
   >>> someone ping me.  I've skipped over most of it.   
   >>   
   >> Volume here is low enough, why not read everything?  (Except the   
   >> Dr. Who verbal diarrhea of course.)   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think the thread has lost its moment, due to the magical "meeting of   
   > minds" and growing of empathy that so often occurs on usenet! ;)   
   >   
      
   Ive noticed a growing trend of people who reject formal expertise   
   and rigorous, data based knowledge development, instead loudly   
   espousing ill informed, unsupported positions, mostly obtained   
   from social media. D is certainly an example of this, but it happens   
   to a lot of people, in  areas in which they aren't experts themselves.   
      
   It's a disheartening phenomenon.   
      
   I think it makes people feel 'smart', that they have a special handle on   
   what's going on, even when it's based on demonstrable idiocies.   
      
   Social media enable this, allowing every crackpot to find a community   
   of the equally cracked.   
      
   Pt   
      
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