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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2807216, member: 24314"]Michael K, asks: "Is verification/ authentication also subjective?"</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Actually, this is not the dumb question I thought at first. My apologies. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The answer is Yes and No! </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">Yes</span></b>, authentication is very subjective. Some folks are so uninformed that they should not try it. Others are certified and world renown authentication experts yet their opinion is also subjective and based on their knowledge of the field. Mistakes are made. Eventually, I believe all are caught or will be caught sometime in the future. Even the best experts can disagree and there are many cases where one authenticator turned out to have the only correct opinion when a dozen other professional authenticators thought he was nuts! </p><p> </p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">No</span></b>, authentication is not subjective. There is only one correct answer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2807216, member: 24314"]Michael K, asks: "Is verification/ authentication also subjective?" :rolleyes: Actually, this is not the dumb question I thought at first. My apologies. :facepalm: The answer is Yes and No! [B][COLOR=#b30000]Yes[/COLOR][/B], authentication is very subjective. Some folks are so uninformed that they should not try it. Others are certified and world renown authentication experts yet their opinion is also subjective and based on their knowledge of the field. Mistakes are made. Eventually, I believe all are caught or will be caught sometime in the future. Even the best experts can disagree and there are many cases where one authenticator turned out to have the only correct opinion when a dozen other professional authenticators thought he was nuts! [B][COLOR=#b30000]No[/COLOR][/B], authentication is not subjective. There is only one correct answer. ;)[/QUOTE]
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