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Originally Posted by Greg Needel
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"i think that is correct but i am not sure"
"I am pretty sure you would be fine with that"
Those posts are useless and potentially harmful.
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read the rules and search before they post but i have come to accept the fact that doesn't happen, but the biggest problem i see now is people giving wrong information in posts.
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Thank you all for your time and hopefully you will heed my recommendation.
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To those who have disagreed; try viewing the suggestion from this angle.
If you like to think of CD as
a part of preparing students for STEM careers; then Greg's advice needs to made a part of that preparation.
Stopping eager exploration of possibilities is not what he is talking about.
Stopping shy students from finding their confidence and their voice is not what he is talking about.
Quite the opposite. Citing authority and knowing that one has properly researched a topic gives one well-deserved confidence.
STEM careers involve mastering the "First Principles" of math, etc; and then accurately deriving from them correct conclusions that are useful to yourself or your customers.
There is no better time to take that process to heart than the first day that you sit in front of a CD thread and consider posting. Half-baked won't cut it when you are building a dam, a CPU, a baby crib, or a Mars lander.
Part of educating everyone using this forum should be that half-baked is nothing to be proud of here either.
It is not OK or good to accept or dismiss as unimportant poor replies in these threads. Authors that need to unlearn poor habits need to receive properly delivered feedback. If the task of delivering the feedback reminds one of cleaning the Augean stables; well that doesn't mean it can be ignored or dismissed; it just means that we need to redouble our efforts as we educate the evolving groups of students and mentors who use this forum.
Review some of Mr Lavery's posts about attention to detail, scholarship, and similar matters - One thing I take away from them is a tone that generally agrees with Greg's.
If you are unsure about an answer or if you would be unable to substantiate it with evidence; then
point the questioner to a source you would use to determine the answer. That is both helpful and keeps you from tasting shoe quite so often.
Blake