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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 968920, member: 57463"]It cannot be said often enough. We all think that we are experts, but success comes from humility. Study the genuine items. Anything that strays from the known norm is suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny thing, too, but it applies in all walks of life. I went back to college and completed a bachelor's in criminology 2008 (master's in social science, 2010), and anything that strays from the norm -- rape, robbery, embezzlement, fraud, whatever -- is suspect. One of my last graduate classes was "Ethics in Physics." Same deal: if it strays from the norm, it is suspect -- or should be. Major research institutions defrauded by scientific fakery sounded so much to me like coin collectors discovering that their Seated Dollars were made in China. </p><p><br /></p><p>Never mind the fakes. Ignore them. Stick to the truth. Know the genuine material. It is a metaphysical principle of the universe: truth is truth. Anything not truth is suspect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 968920, member: 57463"]It cannot be said often enough. We all think that we are experts, but success comes from humility. Study the genuine items. Anything that strays from the known norm is suspect. Funny thing, too, but it applies in all walks of life. I went back to college and completed a bachelor's in criminology 2008 (master's in social science, 2010), and anything that strays from the norm -- rape, robbery, embezzlement, fraud, whatever -- is suspect. One of my last graduate classes was "Ethics in Physics." Same deal: if it strays from the norm, it is suspect -- or should be. Major research institutions defrauded by scientific fakery sounded so much to me like coin collectors discovering that their Seated Dollars were made in China. Never mind the fakes. Ignore them. Stick to the truth. Know the genuine material. It is a metaphysical principle of the universe: truth is truth. Anything not truth is suspect.[/QUOTE]
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