On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 12:06 PM, Jim Anderson wrote:
> In "Lies my teacher told me", Loewen talks about how most
> history textbooks are based on existing textbooks instead of original
> sources. I suspect something similar goes on with regard to the Newton
> and columnists. They know the Newton was the archetypal PDA, so they
> figure they should mention it. They also "know" (from reading other
> articles about it) that it had terrible HWR, so they perpetuate that
> myth.
I think you are exactly right, Jim. It became conventional wisdom that
Newton's HWR was never very good. Once something becomes conventional
wisdom, it is almost impossible to get people to forget it.
sj
http://homepage.mac.com/stevehj
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