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The '''"best of the public"''' is an approach to education, scholarship, and biblical translation that was coined during an interview of ''Conservapedia'' and first published on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_conservative_bible Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref>

The '''"best of the public"''' is an approach to education, scholarship, and biblical translation that was coined during an interview of ''Conservapedia'' and first published on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_conservative_bible Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref>

{{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}}

{{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}}

The concept then became a topic of discussion in the interview of ''Conservapedia'' on the Colbert Report on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref>

The concept then became a topic of discussion in the interview of ''Conservapedia'' on the Colbert Report on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref> In early February 2010, [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] implicitly endorsed the concept of "best of the public" with this response to a question by a state college student:<ref>http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/clarence_thomas_rejects_ttt_label_for_his_law_clerks.php</ref>

==Examples==

==Examples==

The [[Conservative Bible Project]] may be the first to adopt the "best of the public" approach for a scholarly project.  Other examples of approaches using the "best of the public" include:

The [[Conservative Bible Project]] may be the first to adopt the "best of the public" approach for a scholarly project.  Other examples of approaches using the "best of the public" include:

===Intellectual examples===

===Intellectual examples===