[WikiEN-l] Larry's text on the "Knowledge" article

Thu Apr 17 20:31:31 UTC 2003

Larry is special, being with Jimbo the co-founder of wikipedia. But feel
free to edit the article.

Fred

> From: Rotem Dan <rotem_dan at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
> To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Larry's text on the "Knowledge" article
> 
> Just stumbled upon the "Knowledge" article, and was
> hit by shock and amazement:
> 
> "You come to a gas station and the gas station
> attendant tells you: "I just heard from someone that
> there was a big accident just around the big curve on
> State Route 99. .."
> 
> "So let's get down to business, and ask: What is
> knowledge? How can I define the word or the concept,
> 'knowledge'?"
> 
> "In other words, by the word "knowledge," we don't
> mean simply whatever is generally regarded as true
> these days by most experts"
> 
> In other words, a
> western-americo-centric-article-written-solely-in-
> the-point-of-view-an-almost-obscure-philosopher..
> (If this sounds like trolling, then I apologize, I am
> pretty angry right now.. :| )
> 
> With all the respect for wikipedia's founders, please
> do not allow these tribute pages on wikipedia.
> You-state-yourself-that-wikipedia-is-an-encyclopedia-,not
> an-"Ideapedia"-or-tribute-shrine-for-your-beloved-favorite-
> philosopher.
> (Again apologizing for the trolling attitude)
> 
> Please consider leaving these type of texts as cites,
> or book references (drived by the usual
> wiki-consensus).
> 
> Rotem
> 
> 
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