David Gerard wrote:
George Johnson, "The Nitpicking of the Masses vs. the Authority of the Experts" ''New York Times'' (January 3, 2006). http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/science/03comm.html
That's the preview only. Whole article:
I liked the image of the "swarms of proofreading enzymes".
Even such an article in such an august publication does not escape from typographical gremlins. He states, "The name has appeared in history as Crotona and, for that matter, Kroton (when it was part of Greece), but Crotene is the modern name." When did it change from Crotone to Crotene? Does beta-crotene really cure cancer in newspaper articles?
From the nitpicking masses
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