Re: Why Not Give References?

[Richard Hake <rrhake@EARTHLINK.NET>]

In his Phys-L post of 21 Sep 2002 16:36:58-0400, Larry Cartwright
paraphrased Reinhold Niebuhr's "serenity prayer"
<http://www.geocities.com/everwild7/serenity.html>:

SERENITY PRAYER
Reinhold Niebuhr

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference."

as (please excuse the reparsing):

CONFIDENCE PRAYER
Larry Cartwright

"God grant me the confidence
to post messages without references,
when referencing would serve no purpose;
the patience to dig up references
when I post messages that would benefit from them,
and the wisdom to know the difference."


Right on, Larry Cartwright!!

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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