On 05/11/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Robth wrote
> Academic experts are uniquely qualified to judge
the relative notability of
> subjects within their area of expertise. They are also, in general, probably
> not the people we would want to have judging the overall notability of their
> entire area of expertise. (I do not think I have ever known an academic
> whose estimation of his or her own field's importance was not substantially
> higher than the outside world's estimation of the same.)
Relevant quote from [[G. H. Hardy]], about a
professor's duty to exaggerate his subject's importance, and his importance within
it. (Professor here is aimed at a traditional 19thC model.)
Certainly. However, the current context is content within a subject
that is already covered to whatever degree - rather than coverage of
the subject at all.
- d.