Re: Weekly posting summary

On 2008-04-07, whisky-dave <whisky-dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The major bit of writing academic papers is that they are correct in
what 
> they state.
> If you want to write an acadenmic paper on unifying the 4 forces at the
time 
> of the big bang and you happen to be say Steven Hawkins there's few 
> cites you can include you really have to think for yourself.

         Aside from all the other points which have been made, this 
really does depend on what you're studying. It's one thing to have your 
own ideas at the cutting edge of theoretical physics; quite another if, 
say, you're studying for a law degree, where what matters is 
demonstrating a thorough understanding of extant ideas and information.

                             Jennie

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    Jennie Kermode                               jennie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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