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Easy to find information is pissing me off

Uroboros said:
Or worse yet, know just enough to be dangerous.
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That's a phrase I appreciate and I think it sums up those types I have taken issue with in this thread pretty well.

That shallow understanding which they can use to get some targeted result but no greater or deeper understanding of what that result will itself cause.

The specific incident that set me off a few days ago was a person who could get and hatch eggs... but they can't honestly represent the genetics of the offspring because they themselves didn't understand it.

There's nothing wrong with not knowing something, it's the default state. I think there is something wrong with not knowing something and then trying to do something that involves that missing information.

I'm not a pilot. I don't try to fly planes.

I don't, honestly, have a true understanding of the genetic transmission or physilogical method of action of about half the designer morphs out there for a lot of species ('cause they don't interest me), so I do not produce animals using that genetic potential.

I'm not a surgeon. I don't open people's skulls and cut out pieces of their brain.

I've never kept Shinisaurus. I really like the way they look and have been tempted to buy some for years but have never kept them. If I were to buy some, I wouldn't be breeding them three months later because I simply wouldn't have the depth and quality of experience and knowledge that would make it a responsible choice.

It's all a matter of recognizing limitations and acknowledging a responsibility to be better or know more before proceeding. A recognition that seems to be lacking all too often in too many people these days.
 
The REALLY scary thing is that many of the same people who can't raise a gecko or colubrid are shitting out kids at an alarming rate...

I remember watching an episode of venom E.R. The one with the guy who took numerous bites from a black mamba and now shares a "brotherhood" with them. I loved the little kids running around in the background.

Ugh...:ack2:
 
I'm pretty much with Seamus on this one. Andy Warhol was right.

When I was a kid, growing up in the 60's, there was almost no information about the reptile hobby. I had to ACTUALLY ATTEND small herper meetings to get information. If I wanted to read books on the subject, I would have to get on my bike, and ride over to spend time in the public library. This was a time when people thought I was lunatic fringe because I owned a ball python and a corn snake.

The internet is a wonderful tool, but it's a double edged sword. Easy, anonymous access is a wonderful thing.

The flipside of that coin is that any moron can write something on teh internets.

Seamus, I see your point, but I don't see the internet replacing real scientific data, just because the general public would rather sit at the back of the room and shoot spitballs.
 
I'm pretty much with Seamus on this one. Andy Warhol was right.

When I was a kid, growing up in the 60's, there was almost no information about the reptile hobby. I had to ACTUALLY ATTEND small herper meetings to get information. If I wanted to read books on the subject, I would have to get on my bike, and ride over to spend time in the public library. This was a time when people thought I was lunatic fringe because I owned a ball python and a corn snake.

The internet is a wonderful tool, but it's a double edged sword. Easy, anonymous access is a wonderful thing.

The flipside of that coin is that any moron can write something on teh internets.

Seamus, I see your point, but I don't see the internet replacing real scientific data, just because the general public would rather sit at the back of the room and shoot spitballs.
 
its true and im to blame to a point..the other day i had a doctors visit and because i read some sites the night before , i spoke to my doctor like i went to medical school with him..you can tell he was pissed but also used to it...at least i know when im being an asshole, lol..but seriously, i know exactly what youre talking about.
 
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