Nice post. You do understand my point. Thank you.
Just to add a little... I think the older litterature is more valid than the new because of computers. In the past the process was very long and drawn out. If a researcher wanted to be successful he had to make sure he had all his ducks in a row in order to be accepted and be successful. With desktop publishing and the net many people are not as careful because it can easily be corrected if the author actually cares.
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Originally Posted by jimbobalero
New research provides new insights but it sometimes is flawed or proves the old "knowledge" right. I try to keep an open mind.
Part of the problem in general with the internet is that anyone can claim to be an expert and post their views/opinions as fact and other people will take it as true (I'm talking about everything here not just tortoises). Certianly in the uk I'm amazed how many people say "oh, you can't believe what they write in the papers" then they proceed to quote some balatant nonsense from the same paper that they do beleive to be true.
I'm happy to be proved wrong.
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