On 02/08/06, John Zelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have no idea of the context either that's why I prefer to go for the scientific approach and won't develop more:
1) Is it possible to have the source (link) of the statement to see the context and to judge by myself eventually ?
2) while not the case:
"If you're looking at something and you don't know where it comes from, if there's no pointer to the source, you can ignore it."
Tim Berners-Lee (WWW 'father')
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4132752.stm
Judging without sources (on faith then) seems a lot like "Guru" behavior to me . Maybe that's why some countries go easily to war, following their Guru without asking for the sources (something which could have been part of the curriculum maybe ).
francois
> Kay's big objection, that children have unequal rights as publishers,
> is still a concern.
>
At the risk of sounding like Arthur, quotes (actually indirect references)
like this make me question the wisdom of Kay as an education guru. I have no
idea what the context for this statement is, but it sounds patently
ridiculous. The "right to publish" is [etc .... etc.]
I have no idea of the context either that's why I prefer to go for the scientific approach and won't develop more:
1) Is it possible to have the source (link) of the statement to see the context and to judge by myself eventually ?
2) while not the case:
"If you're looking at something and you don't know where it comes from, if there's no pointer to the source, you can ignore it."
Tim Berners-Lee (WWW 'father')
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4132752.stm
Judging without sources (on faith then) seems a lot like "Guru" behavior to me . Maybe that's why some countries go easily to war, following their Guru without asking for the sources (something which could have been part of the curriculum maybe ).
francois
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