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Talk:Quoting out of context (view source)
Revision as of 22:58, April 21, 2007
, 22:58, April 21, 2007→A request to editors: An example
In general, real examples are better than invented ones. Thanks. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 13:17, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
In general, real examples are better than invented ones. Thanks. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 13:17, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
:A good example (in my opinion) is the quote about Darwin and the evolution of the eye that creationists have used (quoted in the quote box below). They have acknowledged that it is out of context (so should not be used)[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2996/84/#darwin_eye] (thus it should be a non-controversial example), and it is a good example of how a quote can be taken out of context ''inadvertently'', because the ''immediate'' context does not indicate a problem; the problem arises ''later in the chapter'' as explained here:
{{QuoteBox|Charles Darwin himself realized that it seemed incredible that evolutionary processes had to explain human vision. He said:
<blockquote>'To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.'</blockquote>
Yet, later on in the same chapter of his book, he explained how he believed it evolved anyway and that the ‘absurdity’ was illusory.[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/932/]}}
:[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:58, 21 April 2007 (EDT)