In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| What are the symptoms of balderdash and is there a treatment?

One of the symptoms is attempting to use eminent authority[*] to
disprove people who are making claims based on actual experiment
and analysis.

There is a simple treatment: do the experiments or analysis
yourself, and post (or even publish) the results. You will then
be thoroughly flamed, which will cure you of balderdash for good.

[*] In bad cases, Wikipedia is used as 'eminent authority'. In
really extreme cases, even public statements by local or national
government are. It's hard to believe, but true.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.