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Originally Posted by Moose
If you're wrong, someone will correct you. I would like to think most people would welcome such a correction. I certainly would.
And if you're right, great, but the only way to know for certain is to have your idea mauled and savaged.
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If somebody is unused to the normal cut-and-thrust of discussion within a scientific or mathematical topic, the demolition of their idea can be received as highly aggressive and unfriendly. Experts in a field can come across as arrogant and unpleasant when in fact they are merely operating on a plane acceptable to their specialism (of course, they might be arrogant and unpleasant as well, but probably not). This should not be taken as a personal insult, but often is taken so to those unaccustomed to it. A thick skin is an advantage.