[allmendream]

Amazing that in a thread that got started on the ludicrous notion that I was engaged in a Postmodernist view I also get raked over the coals for pointing out that someone is an ill educated layman.

Can you perceive the irony?

Post-modernism states that there is no objective or “privileged” viewpoint; all viewpoints are “equally valid”.

I state that Qualifications are important, but it is even more important that your statements accurately reflect reality.

Cognitive dissonance anyone?

My qualifications:

4 years military service USAF.

Undergraduate degree in Biology.

Masters Degree in Molecular Biology.

Section head for a Pharmaceutical company.

And my #1 Qualification: The things I say about Biology, Evolution and the nature of Science are usually correct, verifiable, and corroborated by the research efforts of numerous Scientists.

[Turret Gunner A20]

And your having said all that does no change the fact that you rude choice of words is still rude, uncalled-for snobbishness.

But if it makes you feel superior, keep with it. I wouldn't want you to feel like one of us laymen.