Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 376.
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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:39:29 +0100
From: Emmanuel Okyere II <chief_at_okyere.org>
Subject: Re: 19.371 Wikipedia
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:53:15 +0100
> From: Norman Hinton <hinton_at_springnet1.com>
>
>
>>...Wow. Since when are known experts the only people who "know what
>>they're talking about", and what subjects are in question? If I want
>>to know about l3375p34k, I'd rather ask teenage netizens with actual
>>experience than a scholar.
>
>A bizarre suggestion -- don't use a reference work unless you are
>prepared to use other reference works.
>
In exactly what way is this a 'bizarre suggestion'? A reference should
by no means be taken as an atomic truth--it is just that, a pointer to
previously published content that agrees with or sheds more light on
whatever it is pointed to from--and certainly doesn't exist as an
isolated dictum or preclude itself from making further references up the
chain
Emmanuel Okyere
Received on Sat Oct 29 2005 - 04:06:20 EDT
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