Shutting up the Table Coach

[CrisBrown]

Hi Blarg,

Yeah, yeah, eyewitness testimony is not reliable, and therefore the theory wonks know more about what people experience than the people who experience it. Sorry, but I've heard that old saw way too often in arguments, and oddly, almost invariably by someone who wasn't there trying to claim greater expertise than someone who was there.

This is hardly the sort of event in which eyewitnesses testimony breaks down: high-stress, momentary, and very often involving cross-racial identification. This was listening to a speech on the radio ... a speech my friend heard many times later, because it was a profound moment in post-war German history.

But hey ... what would she know? She was only ... there. German is only ... her native language. I'm sure Fred has far greater credentials than this, so definitely take Fred's word for it.

Cris

[Fred Garvin]

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But hey ... what would she know? She was only ... there. German is only ... her native language. I'm sure Fred has far greater credentials than this, so definitely take Fred's word for it.


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You are as dishonest as you are foolish. There's no need (and I have no desire) for anyone to take my word for anything. As I've pointed out, the peculiar part of the research I've pointed too, is that it actually deals in testable hypotheses, addresses technical questions of German grammar and idiosyncracies of Berlin vocabulary, these no doubt are boring compared to identity politics from someone committed to saying whatever they please for strategic value in an argument. Congrats. You win again.

[cold_cash]

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You are as dishonest as you are foolish.

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Your overconfidence is your weakness.


P.S. - I didn't think it was possible for someone to come off like a #1, Grade A, sanctimonious, "holier than thou" know-it-all in under 10 posts, but I see I was terribly mistaken. Nicely done.