Chris, of course that can happen. Mr. Pokorney (I hope he will forgive us for bandying about his name in hypotheticals, taking it as the profound compliment that it is) is not God, nor will every piece of his advice work for every person. But if I ask for suggestions, and I get many answers, which one should I try first? I think if I get two answers, one from a Jr. High student who just switched over from glockenspiel and one from a highly respected pro tuba player, my odds are BETTER if I go with the answer from the pro. The Jr. High kid may turn out to have the better answer 1 time out of 1000, but the percentages say to try the pro's advice first.
This applies particularly when the advice might cause irreparable harm. Just today there was a post from someone suggesting that muriatic acid might be just the thing to clean a tuba. If I see 'TubaFreaks7' suggest muriatic acid, and 'wes' suggest that muriatic acid could destroy my tuba and blind me, who do I believe? You can say play it safe (rest assured, I will!), but what if muriatic acid really WAS just the thing to clean a tuba -- playing it safe would mean missing out!
Credentials are not evidence of infallibility; they merely establish greater and lesser odds of being right. I'll settle for that, thank you!
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