Footnotes.. Compiling a reading list in order to better understand and comprehend
People read things and see footnotes. The footnoted quote is often interesting, so I wonder, do people here follow it up with a bit of research? Wouldn't researching a footnoted source lead to a reading list that expands knowledge of a particular subject involved? Wouldn't an intense sense of curiosity and an appetite for knowledge demand some further research of footnotes, in order to flush out a fuller context and gain a better understanding and comprehension of what is being learned?
Are people truly interested in informational sources used to back up theories and arguments? If so, what footnoted sources have you gone out of your way to find/buy/read? I usually compile a reading list from footnoted sources in order to better understand and increase my comprehension of a subject I care to argue and debate. What about you? Are you curious to participate or are you content to be truly passive in being spoon fed arguments without searching things out?
I ask because I think most people who use search engines are confusing what their searches are adding to in their knowledge of any given subject
People read things and see footnotes. The footnoted quote is often interesting, so I wonder, do people here follow it up with a bit of research? Wouldn't researching a footnoted source lead to a reading list that expands knowledge of a particular subject involved? Wouldn't an intense sense of curiosity and an appetite for knowledge demand some further research of footnotes, in order to flush out a fuller context and gain a better understanding and comprehension of what is being learned?
Are people truly interested in informational sources used to back up theories and arguments? If so, what footnoted sources have you gone out of your way to find/buy/read? I usually compile a reading list from footnoted sources in order to better understand and increase my comprehension of a subject I care to argue and debate. What about you? Are you curious to participate or are you content to be truly passive in being spoon fed arguments without searching things out?
I ask because I think most people who use search engines are confusing what their searches are adding to in their knowledge of any given subject
