on 10/2/10 6:01 AM, SlimVirgin at slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: >> From: "David Gerard" <dger...@gmail.com> >>> That [...] doesn't answer the question I asked: >>> *what* about the approach in this paper wouldn't work for philosophy, >>> in your opinion? Please be specific. > > David, I think one of the reasons that biologists and others may be > happier than philosophers to edit Wikipedia is that everyone assumes > they know something about the latter and don't need to study for it,
> <snip> > Academics don't have the time or patience to explain basic points for > years on end to people who feel that reading books or papers about the > subject is unnecessary. I'm sure the biology experts would give up too > if their area of expertise were undermined in such a basic way. > Very well said, SV. I encounter the same thing in my field. You cannot teach someone who will not be taught. You cannot teach someone something they think they already know. Marc Riddell _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
