Re: Why Not Give References?

[Larry Cartwright <exit60@CABLESPEED.COM>]

If referencing were to become a Phys-L expectation, a paraphrase of the
famous Reinhold Niebuhr "serenity prayer" springs to mind:  "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."

Reference: <http://www.geocities.com/everwild7/serenity.html>

Best wishes,

Larry

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Larry Cartwright   <exit60@cablespeed.com>
Retired (June 2001) Physics Teacher
Charlotte MI 48813 USA
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Rick Tarara wrote:
> But the more formal and 'academic' this forum becomes, the number of
> contributors will dwindle--with even fewer High School teachers
> participating.  My interpretation of the list is that it is _supposed_ to be
> informal.  That was my response to Professor Hake--who can't even enter into
> a decent flame-war without 3 or 4 references!  ;-)
>
> Rick
>
> [Note the lack of clutter, as compared to a typical Hake response where you
> have a hard time finding what has been added to the profusion of old list
> quotations and a myriad of references.]