I’d go so far as to say that’s not something Q.E.D. is guilty of. What seems obvious to me is that Q.E.D. knows an awful lot about an awful lot of subjects off the top of his head, and when he answers, he also does a google search for the thing he’s talking about and fills in specifics (e.g. to put a number on the power output of a 747 engine). Nothing wrong or dishonest about that. I think the board would benefit from more people doing it, if for nothing else than to double check claims they’re making.
Q.E.D. can come across as an asshole when he’s answering, of course, but that’s more because his style seems to be that he enjoys telling others they’re wrong and in order to do so, gets a little pedantic at times. I feel like I’ve butted heads with him a couple times over this in the past, but I’m not going to go searching for it. Reading all these “did you google that” responses, I just figured that leander got pissed off at getting harshly called out on some BS at some point and it sent him into an anti-Q.E.D. tizzy.
Well, the fact that a few moderators like yourself are fixated on me doesn’t make me an attention whore, but I can see how from your perspective that would be hard to figure out. Meditate on why you had to rush in here to take a potshot at me and maybe you’ll get it.
Oh and I meant to say: Most amusing, Vinyl Turnip.
Om, meditating… you raise a deep philosophical point. Who Would Buddha Troll? :rolleyes: You’re deep, man.
Also, how do you figure “rush?” I was already posting in this thread, and it was more than 10 minutes before I responded to your post. I don’t see the rush. Then again I don’t see the point of most of what you do, so, c’est la vie.
Could be. Why don’t you parse them for me in such a way that shows that Vinyl Turnip was suggesting that Q.E.D. overuses Google and produces wrong answers due to lack of real familiarity with the subject matter.
