Why is Bomhard more sure of his phonemes?

From: Danny Wier
Message: 131
Date: 2001-05-18

One thing I noticed about AB’s methodology is that he seems to use less "wildcard" symbols for his phonemes.  (A "wildcard" meaning a capital letter notation, such as V for the unknown vowel or K. for velar or uvular ejective).  Compare that to Dol’gopolsky’s rather frequent use of capital letters, especially his infamous *K.ERV reconstruction from his upcoming dictionary.
 
Comments?  Better reconstruction or just being too sure or oneself?

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