On 18/01/2008, at 9:03 AM, David Hobby wrote: > > An interesting find! That's the first I've heard of the > Conservapedia. It's sometimes hard to tell, but my sense > is that it's not actually meant as humor?
Some of it is humour, because there are a lot of people out there who want to make it even more ridiculous than it is. However, it's a internet truism that it's impossible to tell true crankery apart from fine parody (which is why Landover Baptist and The Onion score so many), and unfortunately it's been shown that Conservapedia is actually meant to be a serious "alternative" to Wikipedia, with a "conservative" bias. In other words, if the truth is inconvenient, ignore it and write your own. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
