Well, I think you're trying to dismiss defenders of Diamond by saying "those people aren't published 'experts' in the field." Which is, as you said, "a wonderf

Well, I think you're trying to dismiss defenders of Diamond by saying "those people aren't published 'experts' in the field." Which is, as you said, "a wonderful mental trick to convince yourself you're right without fact-checking yourself." They're not in our club, so they don't count.