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No, they're probably equally lacking authority. But you cited the PhD as a better authority, when he clearly wasn't, so you sound ridiculous.

by ajkjk 10y ago

adictator 10y ago
It seems you agree with me, yet you think I sound ridiculous. Did we move away from my original topic and are we now arguing solely about wikipedia being a good source for anything or on par with a PhD? My point was that a PhD is in any case in a better position to make a proper & logical argument as opposed to many edits that general people make to wikipedia articles to suit their narrative. Heck, even I am guilty of that & my edits in wikipedia are still intact after ~6 years. Additionally, the source (one of many) is a video with a face, not an anonymous edit made by a group somewhere somehow & it seems you're getting very personal / insecure about it. I would like to say "Grow up, dude", but that would be impolite.
- ajkjk 10y ago
  No, I don't have an opinion on your weirdly anti-Islam point, but your way of arguing it is disingenuous and unconvincing and it sounds like you have to resort to cherry-picking and touting up obscure sources to support it, so it's probably false. I just chimed in to criticize the way you argued, in hopes that it would go away. When you said "look here's a guy with a Phd", pretending like his expertise was relevant, and then someone said that his PhD wasn't in a relevant field, you played dumb and wrote "Yes, that's correct. Not sure what your point is.", as though you couldn't perceive that citing someone as an expert when they're not makes you sound obviously uncredible. "I would like to say "Grow up, dude", but that would be impolite." I'm not sure what would lead you to think it's somehow more polite to talk about saying something like that than actually saying, but, it's definitely not. You don't sound mature for pretending to exercise restraint.
  - adictator 10y ago
    So who is an expert in your opinion? Obviously a PhD who can be trusted to infer objectively from facts does not make the cut in your eyes. Who gave you the moral policing authority to call anybody disingenuous etc. I'm sorry if you are a muslim & I ruffled your feathers a bit. But be a sport and see it for what it is. Stop judging people just because they have a thought or idea that is different from yours, never mind opposing yours. "weirdly anti-Islam"?? - Damn! Say one word against Islam and people are so defensive. No wonder we have so many problems in this world with kids trying to act like they know it all.

No, they're probably equally lacking authority. But you cited the PhD as a better authority, when he clearly wasn't, so you sound ridiculous.

by ajkjk 10y ago

No, they're probably equally lacking authority. But you cited the PhD as a better authority, when he clearly wasn't, so you sound ridiculous.

adictator 10y ago

It seems you agree with me, yet you think I sound ridiculous. Did we move away from my original topic and are we now arguing solely about wikipedia being a good source for anything or on par with a PhD? My point was that a PhD is in any case in a better position to make a proper & logical argument as opposed to many edits that general people make to wikipedia articles to suit their narrative. Heck, even I am guilty of that & my edits in wikipedia are still intact after ~6 years. Additionally, the source (one of many) is a video with a face, not an anonymous edit made by a group somewhere somehow & it seems you're getting very personal / insecure about it. I would like to say "Grow up, dude", but that would be impolite.

ajkjk 10y ago
No, I don't have an opinion on your weirdly anti-Islam point, but your way of arguing it is disingenuous and unconvincing and it sounds like you have to resort to cherry-picking and touting up obscure sources to support it, so it's probably false. I just chimed in to criticize the way you argued, in hopes that it would go away. When you said "look here's a guy with a Phd", pretending like his expertise was relevant, and then someone said that his PhD wasn't in a relevant field, you played dumb and wrote "Yes, that's correct. Not sure what your point is.", as though you couldn't perceive that citing someone as an expert when they're not makes you sound obviously uncredible. "I would like to say "Grow up, dude", but that would be impolite." I'm not sure what would lead you to think it's somehow more polite to talk about saying something like that than actually saying, but, it's definitely not. You don't sound mature for pretending to exercise restraint.
- adictator 10y ago
  So who is an expert in your opinion? Obviously a PhD who can be trusted to infer objectively from facts does not make the cut in your eyes. Who gave you the moral policing authority to call anybody disingenuous etc. I'm sorry if you are a muslim & I ruffled your feathers a bit. But be a sport and see it for what it is. Stop judging people just because they have a thought or idea that is different from yours, never mind opposing yours. "weirdly anti-Islam"?? - Damn! Say one word against Islam and people are so defensive. No wonder we have so many problems in this world with kids trying to act like they know it all.