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Re: The Truth According to Wikipedia
What are you talking about? Wikipedia is an ENCYCLOPEDIA... would you want experts or leaders to base their decisions on ANY encyclopedia?!
I think Wikipedia is just fine. People also don't realize that standard encyclopedias often have numerous errors, and in fact a 2005 study published in Nature suggested that Wikipedia's rate of errors was only slightly higher than that of Encyclopedia Britannica's, 3.86 errors per article compared to 2.92 respectively*.
I always treat what I read on Wikipedia with a grain of salt and a critical mind. In particular, I tend to read the discussion pages to see what points in the article are disputed. But as suggested above, you should treat any encyclopedia with a degree of skepticism.
Wikipedia is a good source for starting information on topics you are not an expert in. If you use it for anything more, or if you treat ANY encyclopedia as anything more, it's your problem for being overly credulous and intellectually lazy.
*http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html
I think Wikipedia is just fine. People also don't realize that standard encyclopedias often have numerous errors, and in fact a 2005 study published in Nature suggested that Wikipedia's rate of errors was only slightly higher than that of Encyclopedia Britannica's, 3.86 errors per article compared to 2.92 respectively*.
I always treat what I read on Wikipedia with a grain of salt and a critical mind. In particular, I tend to read the discussion pages to see what points in the article are disputed. But as suggested above, you should treat any encyclopedia with a degree of skepticism.
Wikipedia is a good source for starting information on topics you are not an expert in. If you use it for anything more, or if you treat ANY encyclopedia as anything more, it's your problem for being overly credulous and intellectually lazy.
*http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Fox on the Run - Sweet
And here I thought all pre-1980 pop culture submissions were from spam_vigilante ;)
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Pixar: Your Friend the Rat
That was ultra-cute.
However, children should not watch this, as their parents probably do not want them to fall in love with the mice or rats they trap in their houses...
However, children should not watch this, as their parents probably do not want them to fall in love with the mice or rats they trap in their houses...
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Ze Frank On Nobel Peace Prize
I held a Nobel Prize medal once that was awarded for physics. I could feel the power. The neeeerdy power.
Also, Ze Frank is starting to get a little frosty around the edges but I would still totally do him.
Also, Ze Frank is starting to get a little frosty around the edges but I would still totally do him.
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Learn To Speak Body: Tape 5
my cat should watch this to learn how to communicate with me.
oh wait... he doesn't understand english.
oh wait... he doesn't understand english.
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Kissing Prairie Dogs
Hey shut up. They are friends and dat is why they do cute kisses.
It's people like you that have to ruin our adorable anthropomorphization of cute fuzzy animals with your "facts" and "science!!!
It's people like you that have to ruin our adorable anthropomorphization of cute fuzzy animals with your "facts" and "science!!!
By: Deh_Dude
Re: The Marky Mark Workout
Every time he says things like "dat" or "closa" I want to kick him in the nuts.
Every time I see him shirtless I want to fondle him in the nuts.
Halp so conflicted <_>
Every time I see him shirtless I want to fondle him in the nuts.
Halp so conflicted <_>
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Sealab 2021: Waking Quinn
The show that came closest to thinking on [as] was Harvey Birdman.
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Religion Kills Free Speech
People make too big of a deal about the dumbest things. First, the residents and government of the city make too big of a deal over the sign. Then, this show makes too big of a deal about the sign being taken down.
Free Speech has "died" in this country many times over in more egregious ways than this. I think it still has a few lives left. If it's running low, we can feed some of the green mushrooms growing in my backyard...
Free Speech has "died" in this country many times over in more egregious ways than this. I think it still has a few lives left. If it's running low, we can feed some of the green mushrooms growing in my backyard...
By: Deh_Dude
Re: The Beatles: Rock Band: Opening Cinematic
Oh God, my 12 year old child cannot listen to the Beetles because they HAVE A TOBACCO REFERENCE!!!
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Glengarry Glen Ross: Always be Closing
...and those folks are unsophisticated, if not out-right stupid.
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Attenborough: Wild Orchid Wasp Mimic
I thought that there was something off with that woman I had sex with last night.
Also explains the yellow horns on my ass.
Also explains the yellow horns on my ass.
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Do You Wanna Date My Avatar
True, true... he has potential, but I for one would prefer not to "Ride his magic carpet."
And to be totally fair, we have not seen much skin from Vincent Caso. But he has turned 18, so maybe soon!
And to be totally fair, we have not seen much skin from Vincent Caso. But he has turned 18, so maybe soon!
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Barney Frank to Hitler Woman: What Planet Are You from?
Ugh... it wouldn't be the first time I was so painfully obviously trolled on an issue I was passionate about, and I doubt it will be the last :(
By: Deh_Dude
The point trying to be conveyed is that the reason why these people are hesitant to prescribe a penalty for abortions is because they don't even think it's tantamount to murder themselves, or at least not completely to murder of a human being who has been born.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the two reasons you've pointed out here.
As for myself, I think the results are interesting. On the other hand, I think it says little, as I agree with the person below that the attitude among these people is more that the abortionist is the "murderer" rather than the woman on whom it is performed.
As for the first comment by spam_vigilante, I think "anti-choice" is as loaded of a term as "pro-life." To say that you are "pro-abortion" to me is the same as saying you are "pro-death penalty": it doesn't mean you want as many death penalties to happen as possible, but you want the option there if it is applicable.