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:::::So if I were to field a study dealing with astrophysics and the origins of the universe (please keep in mind I'm a registered nurse and have no formal education in either field), you wouldn't step back and question it?  [[User:JLauttamus|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 15:01, 7 January 2009 (EST)
 
:::::So if I were to field a study dealing with astrophysics and the origins of the universe (please keep in mind I'm a registered nurse and have no formal education in either field), you wouldn't step back and question it?  [[User:JLauttamus|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 15:01, 7 January 2009 (EST)
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::::::Well, [[Einstein]] had very little education in his topic of interest.  Only an undergraduate degree.  Einstein is a good case for how too much respect for hierarcies and bureacratic/instituational norms can cloud our judgements. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 15:06, 7 January 2009 (EST)
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::::::Well, [[Einstein]] had very little education in his topic of interest.  Only an undergraduate degree.  Einstein is a good case for how too much respect for hierarcies and bureacratic/instituational norms can cloud our judgements. Like many trained Ph.D., Bauer is compotent enough to evaluate this sort of work.  It's a logical fallacy (ad hominem) to say that is not.--[[User:RickD|RickD]] 15:06, 7 January 2009 (EST)
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