Old Baldy said:
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Dave001 said:
[quote="The Gardener":389b3]I nominate Bryan and S. Foote for best gunfight performance in a Western.
S. Foote as the
Man with No Bullets.
I nominate Dave001 for `pretend scientist' of the year for his steadfast refusal to debate the issues, just hoping that his `techno-babble' will pass for science and fool people :wink:
S Foote.[/quote:389b3]
Stephen: Dave has helped me IMMENSELY with treatments, making concoctions, info. on male pattern baldness, etc. It isn't fair or correct to attack him this way. It diminishes your credibility.
Now if you said Old Baldy is a WACKO, that would be different! :lol:
(I know Dave "started it" but he is VERY knowledgable and helpful IMHO. I'll always defend him when he is attacked in a way that says he knows nothing about male pattern baldness. Just isn't true. Not by a long shot.)
Needless to say my vote goes to Dave001. Bryan and Dave are "tied" IMHO but WHERE is Bryan???[/quote:389b3]
For the record, i have no problem with Dave's obvious knowledge of chemistry, or prescribing advice based on the currently used substances. He is also knowledgable on the body of studies relating to male pattern baldness as is Bryan.
But just `knowing' pre-existing information discovered by others, doesn't make someone a scientist, or even `scientific' does it!
The danger in having an MVN award for "The most scientific person" is that such a `badge' on a poster would mislead newbie's into thinking they have a `proven' scientific expertise when this would `NOT' be true, and i include myself here!
I am not saying that Dave or Bryans advice is `wrong', in the context of the current theory. I am saying that i think the current theory is `wrong' .
I argue the reasons why i think the current theory is wrong, and i propose my own theory as you know.
My problem with Dave is that he likes to call me an idiot and my theory rubbish, `infering' some kind of scientific expertise. But every time he is challenged to produce some `hard' science to back his opinion, he just refuses to debate the matter! Would you consider that to be a scientific attitude?
So i think you are wrong to accuse me of `attacking' Dave, i just reserve the right to self defense, as anyone else would.
S Foote.