In reality you can not tell much about what a person knows by how long he has been doing it. Some people learn as little as they need to get by, and nothing more. Others delve deeply into things and learn as much as they can. The first may have 40 years of experience and know very little, the second may only have been in the field a couple of years, but know quite a lot. Of course the opposite is also possible. But, when someone says you can not tell me nothing I have been doing this for x'teen years my BS detector goes off very loudly.
-graywolf William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom C" > Subject: Re: 645D Musings > > > >> I don't understand why prefacing a statement with "From what I've >> read" makes one vulnerable to an attack, as it's an honest, explicit >> admission that the author is not speaking from first hand experience. >> > > If one isn't speaking from first hand experience and someone else can > provide first hand experience, even anecdotal, then there is an opportunity > to educate the inexperienced person. > As I mentioned previously, if I came across harshly, I apologize. > > William Robb > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
