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Millennial Dragon james.teo at chch.ox.ac.uk
Sun May 23 15:56:53 EST 1999


On Sun, 23 May 1999 19:22:54 -0000, "Simon Marsh"
<simonmarsh at tardis99.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>You know I've learnt something very intresting from posting a question here.
>And that is that if you ask someone who is an "expert" in a field something,
>then they will insult and patronise you for the small and unimportnat
>points, because "they are clever".

We aren't insulting you because you're stupid or we're clever, but
because you were irritating us. That's Usenet for you: you've got to
know your facts before you post. No one has to be nice to you.
And, we certainly didn't only pick on "the small and unimportant
points"

>I'm not just talking about the guy below but most of the posts here really
>are even bording on friendly.
>Right, guys, I'm not a "neuroscientest", a university professor or guess
>what? I don't even have letters after my name, or have a degree. But that's
>alright, you've proved all that matters - sad because I had expected
>better...

You don't need to be any of the above, you just need to make sure you
read up first before you post, as with anywhere on the Usenet.
Scientists aren't any more patient than the next guy.

Making an FAQ is a brilliant idea, but it won't solve any problems if
the people who should read it, don't. And I personally don't think
that many will.



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