[UA] Pop Culture Update

[Michael Dinowitz]

Both true and false Infomancy at its finest. If you present your information as truth with confidence then they'll believe it. The professors were probably just so arrogant that they believed that no one would present a book that did not exist. No one would dare. They're professors and that title alone would put the fear into the presenter. I love stuff like that. 

At 12:26 PM 5/8/02, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Dinowitz" <mdinowit at i-2000.com>
>
>> Some people? How about a majority of people, especially if the person
>presenting the information has the 'look' of an expert. Reference Milgram's
>experiments.
>
>Seriously though, this information os being presented to
>University-levelEnglish professors and they didn't pick that (considering it
>was a contemporary topic essay and he 'referenced' a book that's allegedly
>400 years old, plus the fact that it doesn't even exist!)? It even surprised
>the guy who handed the stuff in, and he's known these 'academics' all his
>university life.
>
>James
>
>
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