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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 521817, member: 112"]Boss I have never even tried to obtain scientific explanations for a lot of things. I just know what I have experienced over the course of my life. And after seeing something with my own eyes, I really don't need science to tell me why it happened, the fact that it happened is enough for me. But I can understand why my word might not be enough for others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have said many times I am no expert when it comes to coins. All I can do is relate my experience. But even in a field where I am an expert, the construction industry, I do not have any degrees or scientific training in the field. But if I review a set of plans and call the structural engineer, who has a hatful of degrees, and tell him his building is going to fall down if built according to design - the guy starts redesigning. Architects, structural engineers, civil engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers - they all listen to me and take my advice for one reason. I have never been been proven wrong. And as I said I have no degrees at all in the field. They trust my experience and tell me I'm an intuitive engineer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I've been proven wrong many times in regard to coins and I readily admit it. But I'm right a whole lot more often than I'm wrong. You can take that for whatever it's worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 521817, member: 112"]Boss I have never even tried to obtain scientific explanations for a lot of things. I just know what I have experienced over the course of my life. And after seeing something with my own eyes, I really don't need science to tell me why it happened, the fact that it happened is enough for me. But I can understand why my word might not be enough for others. I have said many times I am no expert when it comes to coins. All I can do is relate my experience. But even in a field where I am an expert, the construction industry, I do not have any degrees or scientific training in the field. But if I review a set of plans and call the structural engineer, who has a hatful of degrees, and tell him his building is going to fall down if built according to design - the guy starts redesigning. Architects, structural engineers, civil engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers - they all listen to me and take my advice for one reason. I have never been been proven wrong. And as I said I have no degrees at all in the field. They trust my experience and tell me I'm an intuitive engineer. Now I've been proven wrong many times in regard to coins and I readily admit it. But I'm right a whole lot more often than I'm wrong. You can take that for whatever it's worth.[/QUOTE]
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