In a recent Twitter comment, Rachel Marsden posted: "Why Wikipedia sucks: "Stephen Hawking has to reconcile his views on black holes with Bob from Idaho who thinks they are portals to Narnia."
Only that in the wikiworld, Bob could Hawking wheeled before the Arbitration Committee for severe violations of the Neutral Point of View, and get him disconnected from his voice synthesizer for being a troll ... just because Bob can type faster. Such is the world where truthiness outweights truth by 10 letters to 5, or to quote the English satirist Charles Churchill, "So loud each tongue, so empty was each head, / So much they talked, so very little said."
P.S. It seems the line is originally from Urbandictionary.com.
Monday, June 9, 2008
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8 comments:
A little exaggerated, don't you think?
There is, of course, a little truth behind it - someone who's better at arguing a convincing case before arbcom will probably get a better deal than someone who can't argue their way out of a paper bag. This is true for pretty much any decision-making body that allows people to make their case.
It's also a fact that being pleasant gets you better results than being an asshole, but again, this is pretty common.
I love this Marsden chick. I can't believe she ever dated Jimbo. There is one guy for Marsden and one guy only: Richard Branson.
Did you have any particular examples Danny, or is this just imagination painted as reality?
Did you have to sully C.S. Lewis's work by putting his book and two bottom feeders (Marsden and Jimbo) in the same post?
Jimbo and Marsden?
Which is the Lion? Which witch? And what's in the wardrobe?
Tune into this blog next week
Doc
Uhoh. Someone should tell Richard Branson to get his lawyers started on a restraining order...
Richard Branson would totally do her. While flying on a hot air balloon crossing the Atlantic.
Good Job! :)
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