Hadrian Coffin wrote: |
If anyone misinterpreted my remark, I apologise. I was not insinuating anyone here was ignorant --or 14. I do not know any of you. I was simply trying to emphasise the point that we do not know who is answering this type of question.
In regard to Patrick Kelly, while I agree there are plenty of 'blindly ignorant' people in archaeology, and academia.. this is very dependent on the type of institution, and the subject matter being discussed. There are blindly ignorant people everywhere, and -usually- these people are not found in academic circles. I have met far more people who are ignorant outside of archeology than I have within it. It's just museum workers, and archaeologists, are usually quite specialised.. with a very narrow depth of knowledge. |
I agree with your initial point, and I think you're stating the obvious when you mention societies collective ignorance. There's really no need to segue the conversation into a defensive posture. I'll give Finn the benefit of the doubt and assume he's a reasonably intelligent human being, who isn't going to take information obtained from an unknown source on a discussion forum as imperical. On the other hand, he just might find something that can point him in the right direction.