i've called a couple people's attainments here, both path-wise and jhanic, based solely on their descriptions. not that my calling them changes whether they were what they were or not, but i call things for other people when they look clearly spot-on to me (like maya81's did, for example). the others i pass over in silence, because i have nothing noteworthy to contribute (but hopefully somebody else will, if there is anything at all to say). now, of all the claims presented on this board, i have had something to say about 10% or less of them. the other 90% (or so) of claims have been mostly 'i dont know's, with a couple 'man that seems unlikely's. but here you are, saying 90% seems optimistic, which is a far huger number than what i've been used to thinking to myself, and i want to know how you arrived to that. capisci?

tarin