6 Apr
2015
6 Apr
'15
8:41 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 08:26:29PM +0200, Felix Homann wrote:
None. I should have written '*To* someone who appears....'.
If your website is anything to go by, *you* appear in commercials
for science toys. Not as some anonymous actor, but as someone who
runs a science show and is probably known for that. There is of
course nothing wrong with that, and it certainly doesn't imply
you're dishonest. But it disqualifies you as an objective
reviewer of such products - if I were a potential consumer of
these things I would no longer trust your opinion, even if you
are an expert on these things.
Now if you care so little about your reputation, then I don't
think you are in a position to comment on anybody else's
integrity.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
I'll
decide for myself what I talk about. For someone who
gets paid to appear in commercials and therefore disqualifies
himself as an objective reviewer that may seem strange, but
that's how it is.
(For personal curiosity reasons: I didn't know you're doing
commercials. What kind of commercials are you in?)