adman wrote:
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Besides that, you shoot the messenger because of the message?

The message was accurate from a well qualified scientist and scollar.

I thought his name was Penrose?
Penrose may be a scholar, but he is a mathamatician, not a scientist.

Years ago I fixed a window on an old truck for a friend's father. Simple
fix, it had come off track.
He was amazed at how little time it took and what a good mechanic I was.
I'm not. I can look under teh hood with the best of them but my knowledge is
limited and my hand eye coordination is poor. I can't pick the right nut and
have trouble with it after I do get it.
But he was amazed and he *was* in fact a very well noted surgeon.
He was so good that nobody ever said anything bad about his skills as a
cutter, but they hated and feared to work with him.
He screamed, cursed and threw sharp things.

A really good doctor who knew squat about cars thought I was a good
mechanic...

Adman, if you don't get it, I'm not surprised.