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Blind Men and an Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

17 month ago

deusx : Blind Men and an Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "a group of blind men (or men in the dark) touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one touches a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then compare notes on what they felt, and learn they are in complete disag

Tags : elephants parables philosophy

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elephantintheway.jpg (JPEG Image, 604x452 pixels)

22 month ago

deusx : elephantintheway.jpg (JPEG Image, 604x452 pixels) - "No. There is an elephant in the way."

Tags : cartoons elephants math

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The history page on Wikipedia for 'Elephants' shows how resistant the site is to calculated attac...

28 month ago

plasticbag : The history page on Wikipedia for 'Elephants' shows how resistant the site is to calculated attacks like the one Colbert proposed - It's more the quiet changes where factual errors seem to me to be likely to creep in - places where the edited fact seems plausible and perhaps uncontroversial. Still, Wikipedia remains my first port of call when I want to know something...

Tags : editing elephants stephencolbert wikipedia

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