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 {{cquote|Are you kidding?! At play in the fields of human knowledge! I use Wikipedia every day, usually multiple times, to learn, to clarify or enlarge, and sometimes to submit to serendipity. I'm a 60-year old woman, have an undergraduate degree in Latin, work as a property manager, and think that Wikipedia is a Giant Leap Forward. Thanks!}}
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-{{cquote|When I was growing up, my father always had a full set of Encyclopedia Americana in the house.  It was too academic, but it was essential for homework, and for general knowledge.  I spent many many hours with it.
-Wikipedia is far far better, because it's less academic and much more accessible, yet authoritative.  My only wish is that it allowed more different authoritative points of view.  For instance, consider your statement "Astrology is considered a pseudoscience or superstition by the scientific community, which sees a lack of statistically significant astrological predictions, while psychology explains much of the continued faith in astrology as a matter of cognitive biases.  In 2006 the U.S. National Science Board published a statement which said it considers belief in ten survey items, astrology among them, to be 'pseudoscientific'" - so why is it so important to you to summarily dismiss the only art/science of time?
-Open your collective mind, please.  You're insulting and dismissing a huge portion of the population.  Science as it's practiced today is a branch of Fundamentalism - which is to say, it's often practiced by people who believe their mythology to be literally true.  If you study Science itself, you'll find that a fundamental tenet is recognizing that all scientific conclusions are simply the best approximation available today based on its methodology - and other valid methodologies exist.  There is no scientific basis for summarily rejecting any proposition.  Science can only advise on which proposition is better for a specific purpose.
-It's all metaphor - you have no idea what Reality is like except what you can glean through your puny senses. Honor the sixth sense, it's immensely more productive than the other five combined - but it means different things to different people.  Yes, you'll have to recognize all manner of motley authorities, almost to the point of chaos, and by doing so you'll take a huge step toward creating Peace on your Planet, and a genuine sharing of ideas with less "cognitive bias."}}
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