Contemplations of a Closet Curmudgeon

The thing that bothers me most about A Certain Person is that even in their area of expertise, they can be very unhelpful. I often believe that A Certain Person likes to say "because I'm an expert, that's why" instead of giving people the tools or advice that would let them draw their own conclusions.... It is rather sad. Scolarship is supposed to be about discussion, evaluation, and debate over new ways of looking at data, not simply parroting what the current "authority" declares true. Reminds me of a time when I took a college course where the professor wrote the text; talk about not being able to disagree.