19.371 Wikipedia

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 371.
       Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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         Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:28:14 +0100
         From: Michael Hart <hart_at_pglaf.org>
         Subject: Re: 19.364 Wikipedia

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard
McCarty <willard.mccarty_at_kcl.ac.uk>) wrote:

> Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 364.
> Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
> www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/
> www.princeton.edu/humanist/
> Submit to: humanist_at_princeton.edu
>
>
>
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:53:15 +0100
> From: Norman Hinton <hinton_at_springnet1.com>
> >
>You are providing your own straw man definition of 'expert', then
>knocking it over.
>
>
>>...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.
>
>>If an article in it is misleading, damage is mostly done to the
>>person who doesn't bother to look anywhere else.

"QUESTION AUTHORITY!"

"It is the first duty of every citizen to question authority."

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Michael S. Hart
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Received on Fri Oct 28 2005 - 02:58:07 EDT