zodiac3 Jul 2004

Now look what you've done. You've contradicted yourself right into your own overlarge unblinking eyes. Let's recap, shall we?

You've said:

1) Someone [i.e., god'swife] is unqualified to critique your poem because she is a mediocre poet, irrespective of whether or not she's a good poem critic.

2) Someone [i.e., Roger Ebert] is qualified to critique a film despite that he's not even a mediocre filmmaker, because he's a good film critic.

Do you think the factor that makes someone a bad critic for you might actually be THAT HE OR SHE HAS TRASHED SOMETHING OF YOURS??!?! YES!!!

BONUS: Why don't you go the full monty and say one (or both!) of the following?

1) All people are qualified to write poetry about science, whether they know anything about science or not.

2) Only people who know anything about science are qualified to write poetry about science.