geni wrote:
On 2/27/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The point also stands that you're clearly
assuming that if you don't
know about it (as you just showed you didn't) then it must not be
important or relevant. This is the fundamental stupidity at the heart
of the AFD problem.
Sadly it isn't that simple (there are various ways that problem could
be solved). Most people don't know about [[Titanium tetrachloride]]
but I doubt you could get it through AFD.
Yeah, I think you're right. My guess is that, since most people can read
and at least at some level appreciate a comic, they begin to develop
opinions about the comics they read in specific, and all comics in
general. On the other hand, with a topic like [[Titanium
tetrachloride]], most people will have no particular opinion about it or
it's relatives. Most people may have heard of some chemical names, may
know a thing or two, but also realize that there's a whole bunch of
important chemical names they've never heard of.
Besides, Titanium tetrachloride sounds so much more important than
"Sparky the Wonder Flea" (made up name, I hope).
-Rich