I’m currently reading “Madness & Civilization” by Michel Foucault and there are several paragraphs here that completely elude my intellect and absolutely require the internet for me to fully grasp it. This got me thinking, how did the poor souls from the 60s cope up with books like these? How did the freaks who read these books for fun get their doubts cleared?
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Are you asking how *research* happened before the internet? You went to the library.. hopefully at a good university.. You might look up the reading list for some SubjectMatter 101 classes and.. read those first. You’d subscribe to and read scientific journals to stay current in your field of expertise or interest…
And that goes for today, too. It’s a big problem with science-reporting and scientific literacy in America. You have to read the foundations before you read the cutting edge, and if the person you’re listening to hasn’t even developed their foundations, you really shouldn’t take anything they’re saying seriously.
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