Author: pavel
Date: 04:54:50 09/22/02
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On September 21, 2002 at 14:58:11, Chessfun wrote: >On September 21, 2002 at 10:59:04, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On September 21, 2002 at 10:30:10, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >>>I have a sinking feeling here that I am _not_ going to be the one that is >>>going to look foolish. >> >>Being sceptic about something because one doesn't have enough information and >>later see the proof it _is_ a new engine doesn't make you look foolish. (that's >>how science works by the way) Pretending to know something for sure (like that >>someone's cheating) without evidence and later be proven wrong does. >> >>Bob won't look foolish, however the Ruffian story turns out. You on the other >>hand might. > > >You're right Dr. Hyatt won't look foolish regardless how it turns out. I'm also >not so sure Peter will, he wrote what I believe many think and have implied. He >though had more courage then many by stating it exactly. > >Sarah. There is a differance between accusation and skepticism. Bob's post looked more like skepticism to me, Peter was accusing. To accuse someone with hardly much evidence at all, shouldn't be tolerated. cheers, pavs
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