Interesting thing about encyclopedias… If you read through a set from the late 1800s, you’d be amazed at the stuff people “knew” to be true… stuff which has since been proven to be complete bilge.
True enough. But on the whole, if you examined, say, a thousand randomly selected propositions from a respected encyclopedia of the day, a far larger proportion would be accurate than not. Certainly such a book would be a better source of information than folk knowledge as such. If one’s standard for a useful, reliable reference is one without error… well, that person is on a religious quest.
awgiedawgie Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Interesting thing about encyclopedias… If you read through a set from the late 1800s, you’d be amazed at the stuff people “knew” to be true… stuff which has since been proven to be complete bilge.
Kali39 almost 8 years ago
Charlie Brown? You’re probably better knowing this now rather than later: a girl is always right — especially when she’s wrong…
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 8 years ago
True enough. But on the whole, if you examined, say, a thousand randomly selected propositions from a respected encyclopedia of the day, a far larger proportion would be accurate than not. Certainly such a book would be a better source of information than folk knowledge as such. If one’s standard for a useful, reliable reference is one without error… well, that person is on a religious quest.
snoopyw almost 8 years ago
Wikipedia is great as you can re-write everything true in your own viewpoint.
The Old Wolf almost 8 years ago
Ain’t Mama happy, ain’t nobody happy. And papa happy, ain’t nobody care.
Chad Cheetah almost 8 years ago
Wish we knew what they were arguing about
neverenoughgold almost 8 years ago
What a wuss…
steverinoCT almost 8 years ago
“If a man spoke in a forest, and a woman wasn’t there to hear him, would he still be wrong?”
cubswin2016 almost 8 years ago
No one likes a smarty-pants.
wjones almost 8 years ago
In todays world if you are not right you must not have a smart phone.
bigcatbusiness almost 8 years ago
I wish to know what they were discussing about.
Dippy almost 8 years ago
“I read it in an encyclopedia*, therefore it must be true!”
*What they said before the internet.