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   AMuzi to Andy Burnelli   
   Re: Real information on brakes (was Re:    
   12 May 22 19:27:39   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: am@yellowjersey.org   
      
   On 5/12/2022 4:37 AM, 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.   
      
   f you're so certain about that why not offer to pay parts   
   and service charges for a warped brake rotor?   
      
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   Andrew Muzi   
        
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