[WikiEN-l] Opinion of the many?

[Sean Barrett]

R E Broadley stated for the record:

> 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.

Just because something is said in Greek doesn't make it right.

> 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?

The debate was between encyclopedists and a loon who explicitly refused 
to comply with our rules.

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