In several forums I have argued that the contribution of blogs and the interwebs to our knowledge of the "truth" in news is one-sided: We don't so much learn about definitive truth as we get decisive and embarrassing corrections of bullshit masquerading as news reporting. The idea that there is "truth" is shaky; the idea that there is demonstrably false crap is where bloggers come in.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
QoTD III
Three in a day that are all so good. Mike Munger:
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OT, but in case you missed this,
about a dwindling natural resource.
RSF,
I've been aware of that for ~5 years now? I'll bet that within 10 years, the price is back down to below it's (inflation adjusted) price from last year.
Substitutes, recycling, etc.
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