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Old 04-29-2008, 02:44 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Archaea View Post
I have a problem with these sorts of fireside talks, because they are too general, don't quote or cite specific works and generally are too sloppy. If what he says is accurate, then he should be able to cite the exact works which support his thesis.

Perhaps he is accurate, but the apocryphal, "I could believe stories..." are plentiful, but usually unsubstantiated. Yet these stories are the stuff of firesides.

I want meat, not cotton candy.
Certainly that article was too superficial to indicate what concrete evidences the researcher had.
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