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| − | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[pejorative]] term that expresses objection to the strategic manipulation of quotes that tend to discredit the position taken by the person quoted. While the entire fields of law and politics encourage quoting an adversary to discredit him, quote mining accuses the quoter of misrepresenting the actual quote, with regards to a material element of the quote. | + | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[pejorative]] term, not recognized by dictionaries, which expresses objection to using someone's quotes against him. While the entire fields of law and politics encourage quoting an adversary to discredit him, [[evolutionist]] do not feel their quotes should be used against and have invented the term '''quote mining''' to criticize that practice. |
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| | ==Origin, in TalkOrigins.org== | | ==Origin, in TalkOrigins.org== |
| | According to the pro-evolution site TalkOrigins.org, quote mining is "the use of a (usually short) passage, taken from the work of an authority in some field, 'which superficially appears to support one's position, but [from which] significant context is omitted and contrary evidence is conveniently ignored.'" | | According to the pro-evolution site TalkOrigins.org, quote mining is "the use of a (usually short) passage, taken from the work of an authority in some field, 'which superficially appears to support one's position, but [from which] significant context is omitted and contrary evidence is conveniently ignored.'" |
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| − | Quotes that profess to illustrate self-contradiction by selectively removing words from the quote are, for example, quote mining. Absent alteration of the quote, no quote-mining exists. | + | Quotes that profess to illustrate self-contradiction by selectively removing words from the quote are thereby considered, by the inventors of the term, to be quote mining. |
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| | The term seems to be used to suggest or claim that people have ''deliberately'' or ''negligently'' taken facts material to a quote out of context, with the result that the quote no longer stands for its original proposition. Allegations of quote mining are controversial,<ref>For example, the TalkOrigins.org Quote Mine Project documents many fallacious quotes, but the classification is controversial.</ref> since it implies [[scienter]] - that is, either intent to deceive, or disregard to the possibility of deception. This distinguishes quote mining from more general, run of the mill, quoting out of context; while the latter involves no misrepresentation of facts material to the quote's meaning, the former does. | | The term seems to be used to suggest or claim that people have ''deliberately'' or ''negligently'' taken facts material to a quote out of context, with the result that the quote no longer stands for its original proposition. Allegations of quote mining are controversial,<ref>For example, the TalkOrigins.org Quote Mine Project documents many fallacious quotes, but the classification is controversial.</ref> since it implies [[scienter]] - that is, either intent to deceive, or disregard to the possibility of deception. This distinguishes quote mining from more general, run of the mill, quoting out of context; while the latter involves no misrepresentation of facts material to the quote's meaning, the former does. |