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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Lou Judson wrote: > On the other hand, kids these days are able to search but barely to > reason... I assume you mean the ability to discriminate? How does one tell the good from the bad and how do you tell what is "real" and what is not in the digital world. While this may be a reach...one other aspect of digital information that is not considered as often is the notion of authenticity. We have so many untrue emails floating around that there are sites which question the authenticity of those "myths." Audio is not immune to such considerations...we had the Chopin cylinder and more recently the "sound" from the etchings on some pottery. While you can't always trust what is printed on the label, at least there is something to look at...yet, with digitized information...what do we have that can be used for authentification? Karl