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   Alan to AMuzi   
   Re: Real information on brakes (was Re:    
   12 May 22 17:31:13   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2022-05-12 5:27 p.m., AMuzi wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Where "reputable" is redefined as "agrees with me".   
      
   >> 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?   
      
   Very good question.   
      
   :-)   
      
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