>I think most of you all are faking it There is a lot of that of course; but ... It is also the nature of the medium (i.e. short pithy comments) which makes o

>I think most of you all are faking it There is a lot of that of course; but ... It is also the nature of the medium (i.e. short pithy comments) which makes one come across as an "Expert" without the writer having intended it. The way i deal with it is to treat comments strictly as data/pointers/advice which i then look up in some detailed book on that domain. In other words, don't take anything at face value but do your own study. Finally it also seems to be the case that HN has more exceptions to your statement than is found at other sites i.e. we have more outliers showing up here.