Quote from: K-Dog on Jun 01, 2026, 07:26 PM

Quote from: TDoS on Jun 01, 2026, 05:01 PMReally? You aren't homeless, don't suffer deprivation, and see all SORTS of issues with the system. What makes you think most folks are any different? Because some MSM mouthpiece said otherwise?

I have always seen problems with the system.  It is in my nature.

Well there you go. You see problems with the system as a default setting. I recommend fighting ones nature to come to conclusions we are naturally drawn to because we like them, or they sound cool.

Critical and analytical thinking is my motto....first, last and always. If some humans didn't do that, hell, we'd all still be praying to Zeus and confusing lightning with Thor running amuck in the clouds.

Quote from: K-DogI am also painfully aware of how ill informed most people are, and that I am most definitely an exception the general rule.

As far as I'm concerned any EE has what it takes to NOT just submit to their nature and pretend everything they believe is automatically true. Sort of a cognitive dissonnace thing maybe?

Quote from: K-DogMaking me an idiot or a savant, depending on your point of view.

Never met an idiot EE. And being one doesn't make one a savant either.

Quote from: K-DogMost people concern themselves with the banalities of their lives and nothing else.  Not many people care to crunch the big numbers.

Most people don't crunch any numbers at all. But quite a few BELIEVE stuff even if they can crunch numbers. Some use numbers to back up what they believe.....and hope that they don't run into anyone who knows what someone trying to prove s negative looks like.

Quote from: K-DogConcerning my original statement.  I stand by it.

Same here. Some folks can intuit an idea they like first, and then backup what they like. Unfortunately, they sometimes backup ONLY what they like...say..Matt Savinar for example. Not a dummy, but had a thought, and simply collected evidence validating that thought.

Others think a thought...and then back it up against all comers, as it is the only way to truly test its validity.

You never ask your friends or similarly thinking folks to test your thoughts. Echo chambers are quite popular on the internet as I've discovered since its invention. I learned to find the smartest people most experienced in the field who hate your guts and ask THEM to test your thought. AAPG Core committee as one example. Every peak oiler I could ever find. USGS folks...after all....Hubbert was one of them once. SPE chapters, the EIA, academics from Univ Texas Austin, Stanford, Penn State department heads.

At the end of the day it is just a procedure that some are familiar with to make sure they aren't espousing an idea they like, but one they can prove.