Re: The archival status of archived papers

From: Albert Henderson <chessNIC_at_COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:37:04 -0500

on 12/9/2002 Bernard Lang, INTERNET:Bernard.Lang_at_inria.fr wrote:

> why not erase all historical mistakes from the history books ... so
> that we can learn only how thing should go, and not how they can go
> wrong.

        When is a mistake not wrong?

        For example, Speaker Newt Gingrich took the
        Weberian position, in demanding a new vision
        from the House Science Committee, that the
        science bureaucracy is more interested in
        the process than in getting results.*

        Such accuracy was politically incorrect and
        the text was soon stricken. The House
        Science committee proceeded with business
        as usual.

        Was he wrong or simply mistaken?

        Best wishes,

Albert Henderson
Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
<70244.1532_at_compuserve.com>
        
*(Oct. 23, 1997) briefly found at:
[http://www.house.gov/science/gingrich_10_23.htm]
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