"an old friend" wrote


but anyone that claims to know what the result is likely to prove
themselves a lair


"Lair". Maybe you meant "a liar"?

In any case, more likely just "mistaken in their understanding of the proposed
rule".

73, de Hans, K0HB
~~~
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different
people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play
the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society
evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique
capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.
--Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
~~~