From: darkstar100@...
Message: 64204
Date: 2009-06-16
>I'm all ears to hear about the errors he found in the table.
> On 2009-06-16 21:12, darkstar100@... wrote:
>
> > How reliable are opinions of people who set themselves as judges to
> > decide if something is reliable?
>
> If I wanted to know whether a website devoted to astronomy is reliable,
> the best person to ask would be a professional astronomer. If somebody
> who has worked in the field for decades and has a long list of
> peer-reviewed publications to his credit says the website is amateurish
> and contains some nonsense, his opinion should be taken seriously. The
> same holds for any discipline. Jens Rasmussen is not a self-appointed
> judge but a well-known expert in IE linguistics. Why don't you use this
> opportunity to learn something new rather than take offence?
>
> Piotr
>