NationStates Jolt Archive

That's all I have to say. No matter what you're discussing, make sure you are using correct information. DO NOT rely on the Internet. The Internet, though it contains much correct and useful information, has a lot more incorrect information that is flawed beyond belief. Go to the library and look at the newspaper records, ask people who have experiences with what you're discussing, even go so far as to call up a University and ask to speak to a professor (I have done this). Just get it right.

In order to kiill a few hours debating with other people who don't know what they're talking about on a political simulation game? No thanks.

Maybe you should change that to don't always rely on the first result after a Google search.

There is no reason why www.guardian.co.uk is less reliable the the actual paper.

Although, I agree that it is annoying that because something is on the internet, it is therefore correct.

oh yeah im gonna spend a week at the university library just so i can make a post that no one is going to pay attention to anyway.

ill save it for my book

I have to agree

Duh people. He doesn't mean for posting in NS, but in general as well. I mean do you always want to go around believing everything you see without actually knowing a damn thing about anything? Taking everything at face value and slowly relying more and more on other peoples version of the truth? Blah. I don't.

Get your facts straight.

Indeed. I hope you will bear this in mind before you again claim that Isaac Asimov wrote over 400 novels or that he holds the record for having written the most novels.

EDIT: that came off reading like much more of a flame than was intended.

I'll just point out however that just because a reported fact comes from some source other than the internet, there is still no guarantee of its correctness.

*Applaudes

many people on these forums have not only a rediculous amount of false "information" but also make a large number of statements then when asked to back up with a fact cannot be backed up. I find examples of this almsot every day.

many people on these forums have not only a rediculous amount of false "information" but also make a large number of statements then when asked to back up with a fact cannot be backed up.

I think you'll find that it 37.46% of people on there forums that have false "information".

Are you, sir, accusing my facts of homosexual tendencies? How dare you, you, you homophobe! So what if my facts like other facts? What does it matter!

id be happy if people quit taking their "facts" from anne coulter, michael savage or rush limbaugh

Many things have been published off the Internet - in books and newspapers - that are complete hokum.

"Don't believe everything you read" is a good mantra.

Are you, sir, accusing my facts of homosexual tendencies? How dare you, you, you homophobe! So what if my facts like other facts? What does it matter!

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Get your facts straight

That's the best advice I've ever heard.

Too bad no one will listen to it.

Get your facts from BBC.co.uk or CNN.com... these sites don't seem to be slandered as much as others like democracynow.org or FOXNews...

many people on these forums have not only a rediculous amount of false "information" but also make a large number of statements then when asked to back up with a fact cannot be backed up. I find examples of this almsot every day.

Very true... It is ironic that you are, to some extent, one of those people..

No flame intended, no offense intended..

This forum is for fun, not a serious occupation. I have other things in my life I must do, and not research in the library to find facts to post on NS.