[WikiEN-l] Why Wikipedia Is Important.

[MuZemike]

Taken straight from the novel Lord of the Flies, I am sure :)

-MuZemike

On 11/27/2011 8:32 AM, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011, Ken Arromdee wrote:
>>> Without knowledge, myths are born. With myths, fear is born. With fear,
>>> intolerance is born. With intolerance, ignorance is born. With ignorance,
>>> nothing is born.
>> I recall a Scientific American article (I believe it was in Mathematical
>> Games or its successors) which showed that using a chain of synonyms about
>> as long as what you are using here it is possible to create a chain from
>> almost any word to its opposite.
>
> Here's a few I came up with myself:
>
> With ignorance, superstition is born.  With superstition, religion is born.
> With religiou, culture is born.  With culture, civilization is born.  With
> civilization, strength is born.
>
> With freedom, revolution is born.  With revolution, consolidation of power
> is born.  With consolidation of power, dictatorship is born.  With
> dictatorship, slavery is born.
>
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