(I was going to make a comment) But you did make a comment...
Revvy, I post count meant anything, we'd elect our politicians a different way. Post count only means that you post a lot, not that you know anything.
Your underlying message, no pathogens in beer is on target.
I'm only saying that those people with higerh postcounts in this place, tend to know a few things....enough at least not to panic at the same ideas and bogeymen that we see everyday...A new poster who just started brewing and reading is more than likely going to believe in autolysis, Hotside aeration, getting a Candida infection from saccharomyces cerevisiae, and other things like that...things that those of us with higher postcounts have discussed, and more than likely researched ad nauseusm...
I didn't get this postcount by playing word games, I got this post count from spending several hours a day answering (hopefully articulately and clearly) the same questions by nervous and frightened brewers day in and day out for the last year...
A task that I have taken upon myself, and still manage to take great pride in, helping people lay down their fears and actually
enjoy this fine hobby of ours....all you need to do for confirmation of my brewing knowhow, is to read what I have posted, and read my blogs, and do google searches (like I did to get the info) and if you find flaws in my knowledege base, you are welcome to share it with me...I love to learn, and have corrected many things that I have written over the year on here based on (usually the friendly providing of the new info.)
So if you are implying anything about my post count I truly hope you re-consider...I meant no offense in my commetn about post counts other than what I stated above...
If you look at the number of threads that i do, you will see that many new brewers are locked into a mindset from only reading Papazian and Palmer, without realizing that that may not be the most up to date information, so the last book or info they may have learned may be in Papazian from 30 years ago. Or Palmer which was written 6 years ago...so even that info is a little dated.
Heck even Palmer has learned stuff since he wrote how to brew, and has said things on podcasts that he admits contradicts what he wrote (look for the Basic brewing podcast called, "What is an Ibu, Really?" it will blow your mind....
This is an ever evolving hobby...Places like this is where you find the most state of the art information/wisdom about brewing, because of the sheer number of us trying new things, hearing new things, and even breaking new ground and contributing to the body of info on the hobby...Look at some of that inventions that came out of here, and then ended up later in BYO articles by our members...