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   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 12/5/2022 7:37 pm, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > Xeno wrote:   
   >   
   >> I believe in what I see, what I feel, what I measure, etc. And I have   
   >> seen warped rotors, I have cleaned up and put back into service   
   >> lightly warped rotors and I have rejected rotors too far gone to clean   
   >> up. And yes, I have seen all the other types of rotor faults too and,   
   >> what's more, I can differentiate.   
   >   
   > Hi Xeno,   
   > Let's cut our losses as you will _never_ read any reference I've provided.   
   >   
   > I provided, what, oh, maybe about a dozen reliable references that back up   
   > my point of view, and you provided, oh, um, what? Zero, right?   
   >   
   > You think I didn't know that was going to happen, oh, maybe a decade ago?   
   > There's a reason I said that we own the intuition of monkeys, Xeno.   
   >   
   > And there's a reason I said that this intuition is a terrible thing indeed.   
   > People who trust only in their intuition are only right by pure chance.   
   >   
   > It's people who trust in facts who are right more often than they're wrong.   
   > And you don't want to see any facts (you didn't even _read_ them, in fact).   
   >   
   > That means it's impossible to carry on an adult conversation with you on   
   > this topic. It's like asking someone to stop believing in the Easter Bunny.   
   >   
   > Let's just leave it at that because I can provide ten thousand factual   
   > references that the earth isn't flat and there will _still_ be people like   
   > you and Steve and Alan Baker who will emphatically claim it _is_ flat.   
   >   
   > Not only that it's flat, but they'll find some 30-second YouTube video of a   
   > twelve year old kid in NJ who, with just a yardstick, "proved" it's flat.   
   >   
   > So let's cut our losses.   
   > You think the earth is flat, and you have Alan Baker on your side.   
   > Steve too.   
   >   
   > All I have on my side is every reputable brake expert in the industry.   
   > I won't provide you with any more facts because you don't want to see them.   
      
   I have real world experience with disc brakes on my side, that's enough!   
      
   --   
   Xeno   
      
      
   Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.   
          (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)   
      
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