I fllow in the steps of science, agribussiness and commercial growers. I have a large amount of education in the field. I teach I do not follow others. I am also a reseracher. I explore and expand the information base rather than just using old out dated methodologies simply because they work. There are almost alwsy new and better ways being discovered. However usually most forum growers just do the old shit over and over rather than changing to better methodologies as they are discovered. Most just look for easier, cheaper ways reported by others without any understanding behind the changes or real functioming of the systems.
Commercial agribussiness changes as their profit margain is small so ever improvement to them is more profit. There is nothing wrong with growing with DWC or aerpo and a person does not need to invent every thing they do but a person should learn why they work so that they can know how to repair problems or improve their systems. People like Earl never bother to learn why they just copy and claim expert status or except it when it is wrongly bestowed by others with understanding of how things work. when what they have copied works. Still though without knowledge a sheep is just an uninformened follower.
Faith to some is flipping a light switch and expecting the lights to come on without have ing ever leraned why a light bulb works, how electricity is generated and transported and how the electrical transformer converts very high voltage to the voltage we use in our homes. I have a braod engineering education as well as a braod education in chemistry, biology, water chemistry, aquatic chemistry and 35 years grwing experience. I learn about what I do and teach/share. I am paid to know and teach. I know what I am talking about or I keep my mouth shut, I am not a copier/sheep.
Some people operate a lot on blind faith. Some learn why and how. I listen too, work with and I am one of the learners, not the blind faith followers. I teach, sadly there are some who prefer to just follow without ever learning much. Some would say they chose ingorance over knowledge. Some say they are just faithful to others. Sorta like the blind following the blind. I suggest that people at least follow the advise of learners rather than followers like Earl.