Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:23:59 +0100 From: Thomas Sparrevohn <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> Subject: Re: Wikipedia's perfection (was Re: Discussion of the relative advantages/disadvantages of PAE (was Re: Memory >3.5GB not used?)) Message-ID: <200704252223.59691.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <20070425202147.GA8585@saltmine.radix.net> References: <20070424182027.33d16b28.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070425195855.GC81828@demeter.hydra> <20070425202147.GA8585@saltmine.radix.net>
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On Wednesday 25 April 2007 21:21:47 Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 01:58:55PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > I definitely agree that's suboptimal. I'd expand that to include other > > sorts of pages, other than webpages, as well. It's pretty rare for this > > particular brand of intellectually lazy person to realize that about the > > printed page, though. > > I recall reading some interesting comments from studies (second hand, e.g., > in Science News) which stated that people tended to believe things that > were presented in a credible fashion, not questioning them - using the > paper or page as an authority which amplified their own general beliefs > on a topic. > > Aside from the circular referencing that occurs when believing that... > > It's certainly hard to see where/how to decide to stop and question the > authority, given that premise (knowing that one is biased). But it's > perhaps a good habit to get into - observing that reading things that > one already agrees with are perhaps as problematic as those that one > does not. > If there was an easy answer to this quistion most con attists would be out of a job. Even high ranking universities has been known to employ a con man from time to time - so while the discussion is relevant - i don't see any reason that this thread should not be in chat ;-)
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