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  Genevieve wrote:
 
 "So should I just ignore all of my observations of a specific breed 
just because they contradict what everyone else is telling me? I'm no 
sheep."

  Hi Genevieve--
   No one is suggesting that you ignore your own observations. Just be 
prepared to question them as we all should, as well as the observations 
of others. It's the path to truly understanding something, and getting 
around the many pitfalls that may lead us to improper conclusions based 
on what we think we see.
  We could sit and watch a thousand sunsets, until we feel we have seen 
them all and truly understand sunsets. Until someone shows us that the 
sun isn't setting at all, rather the horizon is moving up. On top of 
that, when the sun seems to be sitting on the horizon, it's actually 
already gone and we are seeing an image that is a few minutes old. And 
all along, we were just *sure* we understood sunsets.
  I remind myself of this principle from time to time, in hopes that I 
won't be easily fooled. I still feel pretty foolish at times, but it's a 
good principle, nonetheless. :>  Dr Q

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