SkipCaptcha
682
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 49:
Line 49: +
→Intellectual examples
*In 1939, George Dantzig, a graduate student at [[Stanford University]] solved two problems in statistics that were previously considered unsolvable after mistaking them for a homework assignment. Until Dantzig's professor told him what he had done, he was unaware that there was anything special about the problems.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp</ref>
*In 1939, George Dantzig, a graduate student at [[Stanford University]] solved two problems in statistics that were previously considered unsolvable after mistaking them for a homework assignment. Until Dantzig's professor told him what he had done, he was unaware that there was anything special about the problems.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp</ref>
*All wikis, such as [[Conservapedia]], are an example of the 'Best of the Public' because their accuracy depends upon the premise that the public can outdo encyclopedias written by experts.
*All wikis, such as [[Conservapedia]], are an example of the 'Best of the Public' because their accuracy depends upon the premise that the public can outdo encyclopedias written by experts.
*[[Elon Musk]] revolutionized space travel and automobile production, while "expert" types insisted that what he aspired to do was impossible. Now, while revolutionizing social media, the same liberal "experts" deny that he will succeed in revolutionizing the global financial system despite the fact that he is on the verge of that, too.
=== Political and legal examples ===
=== Political and legal examples ===