In a msg to George Jiri Opletal on , Ivy Iverson of 1:154/170 
writes:
 II> For someone as well-educated as yourself, I can't understand why anyone 
 II> would dispute your views. 
  So should our acceptance of what somebody says be based upon their 
"education"?
George says he is a third-year college student in physics (or has completed 3 
years, I don't recall which).  He makes various claims.  I have an 
engineering bachelor's degree and finished the coursework for a master's.  
Does that mean you should automatically accept what I say over what he says?  
After all, I'm "more educated" than he is.
How about when a Ph.D. says something?  Do you accept everything that Paul 
Kurtz (head of CSICOP) or Michael Shermer (head of the Skeptics Society) 
says?  In the list of fellows for CSICOP, I see a number of professors, 
doctors, etc.  Do you automatically believe them over George?
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