RE: Landmines RE: US Foreign Policy Re: *DO* we share a civilization?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

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> Van: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:22 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Landmines RE: US Foreign Policy Re: *DO* we share a
> civilization?

> Gautam cited two ways of acquiring an understanding: formal study or
> actively performing the task, and you said that someone can acquire
> knowledge without going to school.  Can someone acquire knowledge
> without formal study or without actually doing the job?
> 
> Well, possibly.  However, that peson's knowledge is untested.  So, it
> is less likely that the person understands the requirements than 
> someone who has either studied or worked in the area.

Given the number of years mr. Rossiter has devoted to this subject, I think
we can safely assume that he has acquired sufficient knowledge to properly
judge the situation. I think that all those years certainly qualify as
"studying and working in the area" -- even if he has never been close to a
minefield.

Compare this to your religious life. You are religious, you seem to know
quite a lot about it, and you've devoted lots of time to your church. Yet,
you are not a priest. Does that mean that, despite devoting all that time to
religious matters, you are not qualified to make educated comments about it?


> Lets draw a parallel with your job.  What if someone proclaimed that
> you didn't need some of the equipment you claimed you needed.  He/she
> never worked with computers, and never studied them.  Yet, since 
> someone put up a website with their claims, they are being cited as 
> part of the debunking of your claims.
> 
> Would you think that is reasonable?

That would indeed not be reasonable, but your example is also completely
irrelevant. You are comparing someone who has absolutely no knowledge of the
subject to someone who has years of experience in dealing with the subject.


Jeroen

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