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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.''

⚫ ::''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:


::''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.'' ::''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.''


] (]) 14:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)



==Comments== ==Comments==


Paul Seibert says that the wording should be "sometimes". IMO, this is akin to saying "gravity ''sometimes'' causes apples to fall from trees." ] (]) 11:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

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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.

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.


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


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Paul Seibert says that the wording should be "sometimes". IMO, this is akin to saying "gravity sometimes causes apples to fall from trees." Collect (talk) 11:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

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