Mr Brown
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Ohhhh, someone got their panties in a wad and wants to get personal...game on.
First, perhaps your mastery of English and/or your reading comprehension isn't up to par. I can tell from your syntax that English isn't your first language and that's awesome, however perhaps you should brush up a little on definitions prior to engaging those who are native speakers, it'll help you understand what they're actually saying, as opposed to what you think they're saying.
So, try and keep up here: I never once said I would ask manufacturers for anything, never once said that they should be required to give anyone anything. Didn't declare myself an authority on motor oil, I'm not. I took issue with the process not the product. Testing the validity of a claim is all I was referring to, full stop. I give a sh!t less what is being measured, in what units or why. It's the process that matters. I can continue to explain it to you, but I cannot understand it for you.
With regard to my employment, well, I do indeed work at a university "on the government dole" as you put it. I'm both a student and a teacher. I find irony that the person who disparages such employment is an admitted coat-tail rider (what exactly does co-inventing mean? Someone else did the work and you took the credit perhaps?) who mentioned what they used to do for a living, but not what they currently do.
You also reject scientific methods of understanding in favor of experiential ones, claiming that academics have no experience and therefore no standing. Yet you claim a "degreed professional" would find my behavior egregious. Are you a degreed professional? I am. Worked hard to achieve the degrees I have, and continue to do so. But what if I told you that my academic experience, my book lurrnin, didn't start until after I'd had about 30 years of experience as a real world working adult? Then would my combination of experience and training make you less likely to reject what I'm saying? I doubt it. Your posts have shown you to believe only what you choose to believe, or perhaps only what your command of English permits. There's either a language barrier or another type of impediment, because you're not picking up what I'm putting down, and I get paid to teach. And I'm good at it.
Experience is a better way of understanding you say? Okay. I have over 40 years of riding experience, have owned and worked on my Busa for over 15. I hold a driver's license which allows me to operate anything on the road legally, except to transport of hazardous materials. I have years of experience as a heavy equipment operator, having gone through a union apprenticeship and become a journeyman. Wheels or tracks, sticks or a steering wheel, as long as it don't fly, I'm qualified to run it.
Assuming things about people or things will get you caught up. Asking questions is the way to go if you want to learn. And, to assess the accuracy of a claim, following a specific process is the way to assure you're both asking the right questions, and getting accurate answers.
