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iansjack wrote:

The benefit of critical thought was the lesson. Or have I misunderstood you?

That was indeed the lesson. But it wasn't one that I learnt from this thread - I learnt it through many years experience.

Gotcha now. The thing is there's not many with your experience on the boards. I suspect many of the people reading haven't lost out big because people made wrong assumptions. There's also types like me. I personally am far from perfect and seem to relearn lessons a bit too often for comfort.

iansjack wrote: I'd venture as far as to say that I was the one who first pointed out, here, the value of experimentation rather than accepting someone else's word uncritically. Admittedly my remark wasn't well received until empiricism showed it to be correct!

Yes, you were, quite literally, the voice of reason. Your remark was well received by some. I was sitting here nodding my head in agreement when I first read it.