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From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Friday, May 23, 2003, 16:28
> Christophe Grandsire scripsit: > > > I also always read everything on the list, but I'm far from knowing > > everything :)) .
As do I, as am I. John Cowan wrote:
> Well, no more do I. And Rosta gave (IMNSHO) an explanation of what I'm > about (but there are other people on the list who have it too): knowing > at least something about almost everything,
This used to be, and perhaps still is for some, one of the benefits of a sound liberal arts education......... or encyclopaedic knowledge
> (which is not quite the same as having swallowed the encyclopaedia!). >
In addition to your known Strange Powers, I suspect you know how to google more expertly than many of us...........Knowing what one doesn't know, but knowing where to look for it, is also a dying skill.