Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 22/09/2024 15.28, Cryptoengineer wrote:

Reminds me of the apocryphal story of medieval academics
arguing over how many teeth a horse has - citing contradicting
ancients such as Pythagoras or Galen.
 When some  young whippersnapper offers to go down to the stables
and check, they are incensed.

Which reminds me of Lord Dorwin in the story "The Encyclopedists"
(original title "Foundation"). He poo-poos the idea of doing field
archaeology in favor of reading centuries-old texts and comparing
their arguments.
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