Posted by Andy Dingley on 02/02/50 11:48

On Wed, 24 May 2006 15:21:43 +0100, Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com>
wrote:

>You'd have to be pretty stupid to accept that sort of statement at face
>value though! :)

What if it's combined with "Proof by Authority" and Internet anonymity
though? If you're unfamiliar with the subject and you read something in
an ostensibly technical newsgroup , there is a general tendency to trust
it unless you specifically know better. It's not easy to know that
certain voluminous posters are actually clueless, unless you already
know the subject yourself.

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