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Originally Posted by Quoth
But never reliably.
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Correct.
But sometimes when you're flailing you can ask an unreliable source for an answer if you accept the caveat that it may be wrong.
A somewhat parallel:
You'd have to be a real expert to certify something
like the Titan submarine was safe.
But a high school student could tell you that carbon fiber under compression is not the strongest thing in the world.
It all goes back to "The Emperor's Clothes".
Even an idiot can give sage advice sometimes.
OTOH, I keep seeing brainless things like this: