Re: RC: Tieing up

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/19/00 8:53:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:

<< didn't give a rat's patootie about sources 
 because being able to quote the reference doesn't alter the findings, but 
 since you seem to be in disbelief when folks in the real world mention facts 
 without the correct journal quotations, I'm sure the cardiology profs at 
 school would be glad to oblige you--they were "into" that because they were 
 an active part of academia themselves, but bless their hearts, they did not 
 ask us to cite references on exams, nor did any of the board exams require 
us 
 to cite references, either, so I didn't waste my time memorizing who 
 discovered what.)
 >>

Yes. You do have that difficulty. Dyslexia, perhaps? That's the modern excuse 
for ignorance. My guess is that it's more difficult to graduate from vet 
school these days. Back then, there was a scarcity--now there's a surplus of 
veterinarians. And, of course, there is far more information available. 

I have no aversion to facts. I do have an aversion to the flights of fantasy 
that occur when a few facta are extrapolated far beyond their importance by 
some. A little knowledge can be dangerous--as you prove nearly every day. 

ti