thought for the day: on the scholarly process

Posted on September 7, 2009 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)

when making a claim, the fact that you are not a professional scholar does not exempt you from the responsibilities of sound reason, good judgment, requirements of evidence, peer-review, and cross-examination that make up the scholarly process.

robert r. cargill

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6 Responses

  1. Dan Mantell, on September 7, 2009 at 11:17 pm said:

    You are only saying things like that because you are an axe-murderer.

  2. digmegiddo, on September 7, 2009 at 11:46 pm said:

    amen.

  3. David Ker, on September 8, 2009 at 3:53 am said:

    I’d like to cite this but it’s not on Wikipedia…

  4. Never cite Wikipedia | lingamish, on September 8, 2009 at 6:55 am said:

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  5. digmegiddo, on September 9, 2009 at 12:05 am said:

    ummm, that was an “amen” to the original posting, not to the comment that you are an axe-murderer. Though I suppose the latter is possible as well…

  6. bobcargill, on September 9, 2009 at 12:12 am said:

    so i married an axe murder is one of my favorite movies, so i took it as a compliment.

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