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[EricBarbour]

about Wikipedia becoming an "important educational resource".

Because it already is. Read this guy's rant.

My main hobby is myself. Improving myself, educating myself, trying to be more than I am. To that end I've been (too lightly) pursuing education (tons of wikipedia reading followed by those books that catch my attention mostly), meditation (mantrayoga mostly), and attempting to take control of my emotions (as the drug and alcohol abusing adult child with three dead children of an abusive drug addict/alcholic that tried twice to kill me (loooooong story), I have a lot of emotional problems).

Would anyone like to go and tell that poor guy he's asking for trouble by making an "education" for himself by reading WP articles?
He'll end up being an expert on anime and manga, and ignorant of anything important.....

That is Wikipedia's primary cohort.

This post has been edited by EricBarbour: Mon 12th March 2012, 9:10am

[Tarc]

about Wikipedia becoming an "important educational resource".

Because it already is. Read this guy's rant.

My main hobby is myself. Improving myself, educating myself, trying to be more than I am. To that end I've been (too lightly) pursuing education (tons of wikipedia reading followed by those books that catch my attention mostly), meditation (mantrayoga mostly), and attempting to take control of my emotions (as the drug and alcohol abusing adult child with three dead children of an abusive drug addict/alcholic that tried twice to kill me (loooooong story), I have a lot of emotional problems).

Would anyone like to go and tell that poor guy he's asking for trouble by making an "education" for himself by reading WP articles?
He'll end up being an expert on anime and manga, and ignorant of anything important.....

That is Wikipedia's primary cohort.

[Web Fred]

about Wikipedia becoming an "important educational resource".

Because it already is. Read this guy's rant.

My main hobby is myself. Improving myself, educating myself, trying to be more than I am. To that end I've been (too lightly) pursuing education (tons of wikipedia reading followed by those books that catch my attention mostly), meditation (mantrayoga mostly), and attempting to take control of my emotions (as the drug and alcohol abusing adult child with three dead children of an abusive drug addict/alcholic that tried twice to kill me (loooooong story), I have a lot of emotional problems).

Would anyone like to go and tell that poor guy he's asking for trouble by making an "education" for himself by reading WP articles?
He'll end up being an expert on anime and manga, and ignorant of anything important.....

That is Wikipedia's primary cohort.

So, in your humble opinion, what should he be?

[Tarc]

So, in your humble opinion, what should he be?

If he wants more out of life than being a radio shack cashier and a regular poster of "Muff Wiggler", he should probably invest in some form of legitimate education. Self-teaching is fine, but self-teaching oneself via free internet encyclopedias is not going to fill him with much useful knowledge.

[Web Fred]

So, in your humble opinion, what should he be?

If he wants more out of life than being a radio shack cashier and a regular poster of "Muff Wiggler", he should probably invest in some form of legitimate education. Self-teaching is fine, but self-teaching oneself via free internet encyclopedias is not going to fill him with much useful knowledge.

That's a tad arrogant don't you think? Deciding what he should do/be, based what you think is right.

The correct answer to the question was "I don't know".

[Tarc]

That's a tad arrogant don't you think? Deciding what he should do/be, based what you think is right.

Jesus, you're such a bleeding-heart pinhead. We're discussing some kitten-lover who thinks he's educating himself by reading Wikipedia articles. I find the idea to be absurd, as what you're going to gain from just reading encyclopedia entries is an inconsequential accumulation of facts.

If you want wishy-washy handholding "suggestions" or "advice" that takes into account the person's happy bunny thoughts and feelings, goto facebook and chat with the rest of the "Kony 2012" hipsters who think they're actually accomplishing something. You asked me a question, I answered directly. A concept anathema to your type, I know.

The correct answer to the question was "I don't know".

If you already know...or in your case, think you know...the answer, don't waste our time asking at all.

This post has been edited by Tarc: Mon 12th March 2012, 4:42pm

[Web Fred]

That's a tad arrogant don't you think? Deciding what he should do/be, based what you think is right.

Jesus, you're such a bleeding-heart pinhead. We're discussing some kitten-lover who thinks he's educating himself by reading Wikipedia articles. I find the idea to be absurd, as what you're going to gain from just reading encyclopedia entries is an inconsequential accumulation of facts.

If you want wishy-washy handholding "suggestions" or "advice" that takes into account the person's happy bunny thoughts and feelings, goto facebook and chat with the rest of the "Kony 2012" hipsters who think they're actually accomplishing something. You asked me a question, I answered directly. A concept anathema to your type, I know.

I wanted to gauge your mindset. Now I've got it.

The correct answer to the question was "I don't know".

If you already know...or in your case, think you know...the answer, don't waste our time asking at all.

Of course I knew the answer, I wanted to know if you did.

A spectacular fail I may say.

[Tarc]

A spectacular fail I may say.

Says the person who thinks some neckbeard can actually become knowledgeable of, say, philosophy (T-H-L-K-D) by spending his free time reading the Wikipedia page?



This post has been edited by Tarc: Mon 12th March 2012, 6:21pm

[Web Fred]

A spectacular fail I may say.

Says the person who thinks some neckbeard can actually become knowledgeable of, say, philosophy (T-H-L-K-D) by spending his free time reading the Wikipedia page?

I didn't say anything of the sort.

[Tarc]

I didn't say anything of the sort.

Careful, I hear backpedaling is a dangerous activity.