One of the elements I dislike about this forum is that sometimes regular, well informed posters seem to be a bit smug and granted more leeway in that sumgness than those with less knowledge.
As an example I sight the following exchange with names removed:
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How would fire appear in different oxygen content or pressure,for example, in an atmosphere with 6, 13 , 30 , 50 , 70 or 100 percents of oxygen instead of 21 percents?
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Even less, less, more, even more, very, and explosively bright.
Did you skip science class the day the teacher burned steel wool in lesser and higher oxygen concentrations?
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I think this unnecessarily harsh... such unnecessary and that posters that indulge in such unnecessary insults should be called to task for them. People young and old, well informed and not, come here asking questions. If the purpose is want to promote science and provide scientific answers, this sort of attitude is counter productive. It makes those in the sciences look arrogant and ugly. the gods know, I wouldn't ask questions at a forum if I felt this was the nature of the response I was going to get.