[WikiEN-l] Troubling news on Citizendium

[Ray Saintonge]

Delirium wrote:

>Fred Bauder wrote:
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>>Unless I have gotten the personalities mixed up, Stan is himself an certified expert employed in an academic setting, which is one reason he can make such an incisive comment about Larry.
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>Indeed I think this is a general feature.  I was a lot more deferent 
>towards experts before I went into academia---once you find out how the 
>sausage is made, and even occasionally get deferred to yourself in an 
>area where you know your word has no business being accepted 
>unquestioningly, it's hard to view it in as idealized a fashion.  I'd 
>say most of the academics I know on Wikipedia are *less* deferent 
>towards credentials than most of the non-academics are (with some 
>exceptions).
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I agree in general, but deference to lawyers continues.  "IANAL" appears 
far more frequently that any similar phrase for other professions.

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