"by using it in a discussion on a site like this, to show superior knowledge"
Yes but on Pprune almost any post is immediately followed by posters disagreeing, correcting, suggesting some other explanation, or commenting in even more detail (often wandering miles off subject).
Concise reportage and conclusions are not found on PPrune
How do the Russians (for example) decide who is putting up an informed view and which are noise from someone who retired 40 years ago? We can't................ and I doubt they can - the odd nugget is drowned by a bucket load of ... something else