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That time I called a PhD a fraud over a dig site and got schooled
Back in 2018 I was volunteering on a Roman dig in Gloucester. The lead archaeologist pointed at a dark patch in the soil and said it was a bread oven from 200 AD. I told him he was guessing. He said wait and see. Three days of trowelling later we uncovered a clay dome and a layer of carbonized wheat. I had to eat my words. Still makes me cringe when I think about it. Anyone else ever blow off an expert and get proven wrong?
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evan_grant703mo ago
Did he actually let you keep troweling after calling him out?
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fionamurphy3mo ago
Five bucks says he didn't even notice.
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gray3143mo ago
Troweling is actually the right term for putting on that last layer of plaster (the finish coat). He probably did notice but just didn't want to admit he was wrong about the whole thing. Different trades call it different names, but in real plaster work nobody yells at you for using the right word.
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