Re: Your type discussions

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/17/99 3:24:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
cocoastar@juno.com writes:

<< Well, I for one, unsubscribed from Ridecamp for several months because
 of lack of content relevent to endurance riding.  The nutrition/ride fuel
 discussion is very interesting and is cutting-edge stuff in the endurance
 
 horse world.  So, I see keep it up!
 
 Dave Bennett >>


There is some difficulty with discussions like this. Some listers, like Roger 
Rittenhouse, who is very innovative and is discovering new things virtually 
on a daily basis, get roundly criticized by the traditionalists for any new 
explorations and thus prefer to keep their knowledge to themselves. This is 
too bad, because their input is extremely valuable, at least to me.

I've been at war with the hidebound for nearly three decades, so I no longer 
have any fears about public criticism, but it's too bad when we lose solid 
input after kneejerk and uninformed warnings of dire consequences when 
attempting to do anything difference than the self-appointed protectors of 
the past weigh in with their jargon and a dozen initials strung after their 
names. That's one of the reasons why I like to throw a few spitballs now and 
again. 

As far as I'm concerned, the only credentials needed for anyone offering an 
opinion here is well-documented (what happened and what were the variables 
observed) experience. It has been my experience that the more authoritative 
the credentials, the less trustworthy (biased) the observations. The 
exception, so far, in this group is Beth--whose credentials are from the 
world of human sport and whose scientific curiosity about horses is still 
alive and well. 

There is only one rule that holds up throughout all scientific discussion: 
Never say "never".

ti


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