[ladydoc]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

As the one who used the snob word I would like to defend myself. I called the poster a snob because of the condescending attitude that was taken, and not the fact that they advocated reading and learning. As a long time educator myself, I beleive in education, but you can read all kinds of books that totally disagree about almost any subject and eventually you must accept or reject the various hypothesis based on your own feelings, biases, and prejudices as well as the theories put forth in the books. "Facts" that are irrefutable are a bit hard to come by, so I tend to be skeptical of anyone who puports to have all the "facts".

A fact is a fact is a fact. The earth is round whether you accept or reject the hypothesis and no matter what your personal feelings, biases and prejudices are. Again, you can believe what you want to believe... however, that does not change a fact. The truth is, some people know more about some things then others do. I know nothing about many many things, but I do know a lot about others. And I know the difference between the two. I know when to defer to the experts. I do not need to know everything or have others think I know everything. I am secure enough to not be threatened by that kind of nonsense.