Matanya, This strikes me as an extremely naive attitude. Documental evidence has lead many people to the wrong conclusions, as documented by the thousands (millions, actually) of pseudo-scholarly papers churned out by both private and public research facilities. I'd rather read liner notes by someone who knows what he is doing, because the chances of his being wrong leading to an interesting mistake are much higher. Science's progress is not from one truth to another, but from one giant mistake to a different one. Sometimes, we get lucky, and the mistake turns out to be useful. Sometimes we get the H-bomb. As for History, it is but a long series of misreadings feeding on each other. Alain, in a cynical mood :)
Matanya Ophee wrote: >At 01:39 PM 8/25/2005, Alain Veylit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>When Paul O'Dette writes the notes, there is no shame in using >>those, is there? >> >> > >Depends what he said, and how can one verify what he said. If the >information delivered is of the same hearsay rumor quality as that >provided by Ness, i.e., not backed by any documental evidence >whatsoever, then it does not matter who signed his name to the liner notes. > > > >Matanya Ophee >Editions Orphe'e, Inc., >1240 Clubview Blvd. N. >Columbus, OH 43235-1226 >Phone: 614-846-9517 >Fax: 614-846-9794 >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.orphee.com >http://www.livejournal.com/users/matanya/ > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
