Talk:971: Alternative Literature - Revision history

2600:4040:9485:2700:6D7F:B19D:C5B8:6CDC: RationalWiki is the right source

2025-11-11T02:21:49Z

RationalWiki is the right source

2.98.65.8 at 22:30, 10 November 2025

2025-11-10T22:30:55Z

New editor: comment

2025-11-10T20:30:00Z

comment

172.70.86.142 at 12:31, 17 November 2024

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ConscriptGlossary: Blank piece

2024-11-17T11:05:13Z

Blank piece

172.70.254.27: Missing signature

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172.70.254.27: Either I got r/whoosh'ed bad or we found where the guy who scammed Cueball gets his clients.

2023-07-21T19:05:29Z

Either I got r/whoosh'ed bad or we found where the guy who scammed Cueball gets his clients.

Nitpicking: Between the lines that aren't actually drawn anywhere

2021-09-18T13:44:47Z

Between the lines that aren't actually drawn anywhere

108.162.238.113 at 16:32, 14 September 2019

2019-09-14T16:32:00Z

108.162.250.162 at 04:19, 16 October 2015

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	Why do all the links lead to rationalwiki? should this be changed? {{unsigned\|New editor\|20:30, 10 November 2025}}		Why do all the links lead to rationalwiki? should this be changed? {{unsigned\|New editor\|20:30, 10 November 2025}}
		+	:They don't. Many do, because RationalWiki is the best source for information on things like Homeopathy in this context (in the opinion of at least one editor) but there are links to Wikipedia, Ars Technica, and law.justia.com. [[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:9485:2700:6D7F:B19D:C5B8:6CDC\|2600:4040:9485:2700:6D7F:B19D:C5B8:6CDC]] 02:21, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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	:That's {{w\|4′33″}}, though of course that's deliberately "everything but the music", compared to "we put something in that's (apparently) related to the problem, but then diluted it out so you don't get any side-effects (but somehow still the effects that we imagine)". The Cage piece is more an honest "here, have an elaborate drink of water" than homeopathy's "you ''will'' hear whatever other symphony you desire, in your head!"... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.142\|172.70.86.142]] 12:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)		:That's {{w\|4′33″}}, though of course that's deliberately "everything but the music", compared to "we put something in that's (apparently) related to the problem, but then diluted it out so you don't get any side-effects (but somehow still the effects that we imagine)". The Cage piece is more an honest "here, have an elaborate drink of water" than homeopathy's "you ''will'' hear whatever other symphony you desire, in your head!"... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.142\|172.70.86.142]] 12:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

−	Why do all the links lead to rationalwiki? should this be changed?	+	Why do all the links lead to rationalwiki? should this be changed? {{unsigned\|New editor\|20:30, 10 November 2025}}

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	I was simply reminded of John Cage's blank music piece. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 11:05, 17 November 2024 (UTC)		I was simply reminded of John Cage's blank music piece. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 11:05, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
	:That's {{w\|4′33″}}, though of course that's deliberately "everything but the music", compared to "we put something in that's (apparently) related to the problem, but then diluted it out so you don't get any side-effects (but somehow still the effects that we imagine)". The Cage piece is more an honest "here, have an elaborate drink of water" than homeopathy's "you ''will'' hear whatever other symphony you desire, in your head!"... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.142\|172.70.86.142]] 12:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)		:That's {{w\|4′33″}}, though of course that's deliberately "everything but the music", compared to "we put something in that's (apparently) related to the problem, but then diluted it out so you don't get any side-effects (but somehow still the effects that we imagine)". The Cage piece is more an honest "here, have an elaborate drink of water" than homeopathy's "you ''will'' hear whatever other symphony you desire, in your head!"... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.142\|172.70.86.142]] 12:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
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	I was simply reminded of John Cage's blank music piece. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 11:05, 17 November 2024 (UTC)		I was simply reminded of John Cage's blank music piece. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 11:05, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
		+	:That's {{w\|4′33″}}, though of course that's deliberately "everything but the music", compared to "we put something in that's (apparently) related to the problem, but then diluted it out so you don't get any side-effects (but somehow still the effects that we imagine)". The Cage piece is more an honest "here, have an elaborate drink of water" than homeopathy's "you ''will'' hear whatever other symphony you desire, in your head!"... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.142\|172.70.86.142]] 12:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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	Everybody here going on about the benefits of buying blank books to write and draw stuff. You guys know those are called notebooks, right? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.254.27\|172.70.254.27]] 19:06, 21 July 2023 (UTC)		Everybody here going on about the benefits of buying blank books to write and draw stuff. You guys know those are called notebooks, right? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.254.27\|172.70.254.27]] 19:06, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I was simply reminded of John Cage's blank music piece. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 11:05, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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	Going way back to the 2013 comment (writing in 2021): there are excellent reasons to buy blank books. As you say, writing in them is a really good reason. Buying them to ''read'' is not, for my non-hallucinatory self, a good reason. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 13:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)		Going way back to the 2013 comment (writing in 2021): there are excellent reasons to buy blank books. As you say, writing in them is a really good reason. Buying them to ''read'' is not, for my non-hallucinatory self, a good reason. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 13:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

−	Everybody here going on about the benefits of buying blank books to write and draw stuff. You guys know those are called notebooks, right?	+	Everybody here going on about the benefits of buying blank books to write and draw stuff. You guys know those are called notebooks, right? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.254.27\|172.70.254.27]] 19:06, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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	Going way back to the 2013 comment (writing in 2021): there are excellent reasons to buy blank books. As you say, writing in them is a really good reason. Buying them to ''read'' is not, for my non-hallucinatory self, a good reason. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 13:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)		Going way back to the 2013 comment (writing in 2021): there are excellent reasons to buy blank books. As you say, writing in them is a really good reason. Buying them to ''read'' is not, for my non-hallucinatory self, a good reason. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 13:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Everybody here going on about the benefits of buying blank books to write and draw stuff. You guys know those are called notebooks, right?

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	Anybody else reminded of "The Library of Babel" by Borges? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.113\|108.162.238.113]] 16:32, 14 September 2019 (UTC)		Anybody else reminded of "The Library of Babel" by Borges? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.113\|108.162.238.113]] 16:32, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
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		+	Going way back to the 2013 comment (writing in 2021): there are excellent reasons to buy blank books. As you say, writing in them is a really good reason. Buying them to ''read'' is not, for my non-hallucinatory self, a good reason. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 13:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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	I think it is worse when vets do it to cattle and sheep. You never get to hear the farmer saying "Bah!"		I think it is worse when vets do it to cattle and sheep. You never get to hear the farmer saying "Bah!"
	though. Odd, that.[[User:Weatherlawyer\| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer\|talk]]) 19:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)		though. Odd, that.[[User:Weatherlawyer\| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer\|talk]]) 19:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Anybody else reminded of "The Library of Babel" by Borges? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.113\|108.162.238.113]] 16:32, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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	Interestingly, this is exactly the argument used to explain why reading books is better than watching TV: TV gives too much of the ready context, while a book allows the reader to fill in the blanks with his own imagination. The empty books just go one step further. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.11\|108.162.246.11]] 22:15, 21 January 2014 (UTC)		Interestingly, this is exactly the argument used to explain why reading books is better than watching TV: TV gives too much of the ready context, while a book allows the reader to fill in the blanks with his own imagination. The empty books just go one step further. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.11\|108.162.246.11]] 22:15, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
		+	:I dunno, I mean, there's plenty of space in TV to work in stuff, exercise your imagination. In my view a book is for having stuff in it. A story in a book gives you a structure to build on, a framework that lets you build higher than you would go on your own. -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 04:19, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

	I write short stories all the time but nobody reads them.		I write short stories all the time but nobody reads them.