On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:45:26 +0200, andrel wrote:

> Andy has a couple of strong points, one of them is asking when he
> doesn't know (or bluntly stating what he thinks is wrong), even in those
> cases where others would be silent because they feel they should know
> better. A somewhat weak point is that that is because he is not able to
> spot those circumstances.
> All in all this is much to be preferred over those who try to maintain
> their image by never learning anything.

Absolutely - the problem is when one makes an assertion that is clearly 
(to those who know) false, but then to insist that the observation still 
must be correct, even in light of evidence to the contrary.

For example, the assertion that nobody could ever possibly earn enough 
money to own a house unless they were super rich.  Something that even 
Andy now knows through his own experience is a false statement.

Jim

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