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Thomas Nichols

Ask the electronic oracle

People do not come to the Internet so that their bad information can be corrected or their cherished theories disproven. Rather, they ask the electronic oracle to confirm them in their ignorance.

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Roger Ebert

It is human nature to look away from illness.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don’t enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That’s why writing on the Internet has become a life-saver for me. My ability to think and write have not been affected. And on the Web, my real voice finds expression.

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Roger Ebert

Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.

Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.

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NewsRadio

You can’t take something off the Internet. It’s like taking pee out of a swimming pool.

Joe: You can’t take something off the Internet. It’s like taking pee out of a swimming pool.