Eva,
I find a quote from Hegel to be useful here: "Quantitative
changes beyond a certain point pass into qualitative changes".
There was a time when it was possible to read the total XMCA
archive. For most of us, that time has long passed.
In our research we develop methods of drilling into a mountain
of data with a precicely focused inquiry. Basic research skills
are essential in this age of information. Our research is greatly
advanced with the use of strategies like abductive logic and the
use of tools such as a good search engine.
Martin R
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Eva Ekeblad wrote:
> At 03.17 -0700 0-01-24, Martin Ryder scrobe:
> >The power of disinformation is diluted by abundance
> >of data available to a critical reader.
>
> yes, but cannot abundance of data in itself be a problem?
>
> Here I am not thinking so much of the Web, as of the wealth of literature
> that confronts us all as academics... thinking of past bouts of confession
> and self-reflection here on XMCA about the eternal guilt we carry for not
> having read everything we should have, and for not having read what we HAVE
> read as carefully as we should have. Et Cetera.
>
> Eva
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