why the hell do we even argue?

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 WinterLight wrote:

 Dick Heath wrote:

 What we teach at university is to be somewhat cynical of what you read, even from textbooks and refereed journals, because inevitably there will be errors - and avoid the web as a source being too often of unproven and unrefereed information - and realise that those who speak from first hand knowledge usually know what they are talking about. 

I think that you mean "critical" rather than "cynical" (the distinction is non-trivial).  

No - he meant cynical.

I've been to a British university, and that is exactly what I was taught.

Edited by Certif1ed - June 19 2008 at 04:14