[WikiEN-l] Opinion of the many?

Tue Nov 30 06:54:09 UTC 2004

ROFLMAO

Rebroad - take my advice - take a few minutes to read up on what you
talk about before you voice your opinion otherwise you risk being
thought a troll.

Theresa

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:50:49 +0000, R E Broadley
<20041111 at stardate.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> What is it Socrates said? "The opinion of the many is not important. It
> is the opinion of the experts in their field which is important." -
> Obviously he originally said this in Greek, but I did get a native Greek
> speaker to translate the original sentence for me. It flows better in
> Greek though.
> 
> Why am I quoting this? What the professional iridologist an expert in
> their field? I don't know this either, but if he was, I would suggest
> his opinion should probably outweigh that of the majority of non-experts
> in this field. The question remains: was the debate between experts and
> experts, or experts and non-experts?
> 
> Rebroad
> 
> Fred Bauder wrote:
> 
> >As we become one of the central institutions of global culture, people
> >justifiably feel that their "take" on things ought to be included. Iridology
> >is Irismeister's thing. Despite our banning of Iridology for sustained POV
> >editing and edit warring over the matter we continue to have an article on
> >Iridology which begins as follows:
> >
> >"'''Iridology''' is a form of [[alternative medicine]] in which patterns,
> >colors and other characteristics of stromal fibers of the [[Iris
> >(anatomy)|iris]] are examined for information about a patient's health.
> >Practitioners match their observations to ''iris charts'' which divide the
> >iris into many zones believed to correspond to specific parts of the [[human
> >body]]. Little scientific evidence exists confirming any such link between
> >the aspect of the iris and a patient's state of health."
> >
> >What it doesn't say, as Irismeister would have it, is that iridology is the
> >best thing since sliced bread. He did not achieve his goal of dominating the
> >article with his viewpoint which, while represented, takes its place
> >alongside extensive criticisms. Now, as a professional iridologist, he has
> >filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
> >
> >Fred
> >
> >
> 
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