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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|_Discussion]] 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|_Discussion]] 15:01, 7 January 2009 (EST)

::::::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)

::::::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)

:::::::Einstein studied physics, regardless of what degree he attained.  He won a nobel prize for the photoelectric effect, and achieved a doctor's degree in 1905 (according to the Conservapedia Einstein article).  It's not ad hominem to state that the man's speciality has nothing to do with AIDS, nor is it a logical fallacy.  Oh, and you didn't answer my question.[[User:JLauttamus|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</s ub>]] 15:13, 7 January 2009 (EST)

:::::::Einstein studied physics, regardless of what degree he attained.  He won a nobel prize for the photoelectric effect, and achieved a doctor's degree in 1905 (according to the Conservapedia Einstein article).  It's not ad hominem to state that the man's speciality has nothing to do with AIDS, nor is it a logical fallacy.  Oh, and you didn't answer my question.[[User:JLauttamus|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|_Discussion]] 15:13, 7 January 2009 (EST)

:::::::::Einstein took a few physics courses. Einstein published some papers, which was well reviewed by some with Ph.D.'s (it was also controversial and has had many Ph.D's who have written negative things about it).  Bauer took a few chemistry courses. Bauer published a book, which has been well reviewed by other Ph.D's.  Don't see the difference in qualifications or process. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 15:17, 7 January 2009 (EST)

:::::::::Einstein took a few physics courses. Einstein published some papers, which was well reviewed by some with Ph.D.'s (it was also controversial and has had many Ph.D's who have written negative things about it).  Bauer took a few chemistry courses. Bauer published a book, which has been well reviewed by other Ph.D's.  Don't see the difference in qualifications or process. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 15:17, 7 January 2009 (EST)