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Revision as of 14:47, 21 February 2012 editCollect (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers47,160 edits posting the Law as formulated - leaving space for comments - though most should be made on the Talk page  Revision as of 17:49, 10 October 2012 edit undoPaul Siebert (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers26,740 edits This would be more accurate.Next edit →
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After nearly four decades on-line, I posit the following: After nearly four decades on-line, I posit the following:


::''The person who posts the greatest amount of repeated verbiage to a discussion, is least likely to be correct.'' ::''Sometimes, the person who posts the greatest amount of repeated verbiage to a discussion, is least likely to be correct.''


There is also a corollary: There is also a corollary:


::''The person who is most insistent that only specific sources which he favours know the facts, is least likely to have found the best sources.'' ::''It happens that the person who is most insistent that only specific sources which he favours know the facts, is least likely to have found the best sources.''




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After nearly four decades on-line, I posit the following:

Sometimes, the person who posts the greatest amount of repeated verbiage to a discussion, is least likely to be correct.

There is also a corollary:

It happens that the person who is most insistent that only specific sources which he favours know the facts, is least likely to have found the best sources.


Collect (talk) 14:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

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