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Re:Why Aren’t We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curi... by minikites on Thursday October 24, 2019 @06:06AM (#21343063)
I disagree, an article from a good subject/specialized encyclopedia (as opposed to a general encyclopedia) is an excellent introduction to a topic and will be written by scholars in that field.
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Re:Why Aren’t We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curi... by kuu on Thursday October 24, 2019 @06:17AM (#21343120)
I think by "article", the comment refers to article like in news or in some general audience site, not on specialized place.
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Re:Why Aren’t We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curi... by minikites on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:11AM (#21343797)
There are news articles about the political history of Europe?
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Re:Why Aren’t We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curi... by lonelappde on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:24AM (#21344431)
No, and that's the problem. We crave the dopamine thrill of "news", but history would be much more useful to our understanding of our world.
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Re:Why Aren’t We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curi... by coldtea on Thursday October 24, 2019 @06:37AM (#21343230)
Did the parent gave the impression that he meant encyclopaedia articles?
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