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Old 11-27-2020, 06:20 AM   #156
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Anyway, well, that source is worth something as it spreads that news are there. The rest is homework. (But really, levels aside this latter remains also true for The Economist. Or for Tanenbaum, or Heidegger.)
I suppose it's true that no source should be trusted completely. But there are levels of reliability.

There are a few poetic aphorism or epigrams that have stuck with me over the years. Perhaps one of Ogden Nash's is most appropriate for 2020:

Quote:
Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker
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