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Something else from class. We were being shown the way some items were catalogued in the TAFE library and looking at The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. One of the copies had listed under 'other titles' The Chronicles of Narnia bk. 2, but no series title. It struck me as very odd that someone could read that on a book cover and conclude it to be a title of the book rather than an indication that this book is in fact the second volume of a series. Odd, but also familiar.
It reminds me of an argument on the talk page for Wikipedia's article on the Cult of Skaro. One person was disputing that the four daleks of the cult survived the end of Doomsday. When presented with a quote from Evolution of the Daleks -
I find it remarkable that people can be presented with such a strong circumstantial case and conclude that there is no link in question, or only a very weak one. In this case, a black dalek, the only one we have seen so far, is accompanied by three gold daleks, all four the only daleks we have seen to use names. The black dalek is shown escaping at the end of the episode via "emergency temporal shift". In a later episode a black dalek with the same name is seen with four gold daleks also with the same names as the daleks seen previously. They are treated by the Doctor as if they are the same daleks from before and when asked how they escaped, admit to the emergency temporal shift we saw earlier.
This is not a weak case. It is not proved to a certainty, and I can easily think of explanations which would show it to be untrue, but one thing it is not is weak. The wikipedian in question would, I surmise, be convinced only by dalek's-eye-view footage of the entire escape and arrival in Manhattan.
So, yes. It puzzles me that some people, no matter how strong the evidence, seem to flat out refuse to make connections between what they see and instead treat each case as a separate, entirely unrelated entity.
Yep, that catalogue entry reminded me of Creationism. Somehow, someone took the words 'The Chronicles of Narnia, book 2' from the cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and concluded that this was an alternate title for the book, not the series name and volume number. In fact it is an alternate title for the book. It is also a very clear indication that this volume does not stand alone, but has continuity with what came before and after.
Of course, closer examination reveals that the Narnia books are not a simple ordered series. They were not published in the chronological order they are presented in, and were written in yet a different order. But, one needs to investigate to discover this - the manner of connection is less obvious than the fact.
It reminds me of an argument on the talk page for Wikipedia's article on the Cult of Skaro. One person was disputing that the four daleks of the cult survived the end of Doomsday. When presented with a quote from Evolution of the Daleks -
- Doctor: How did you survive then?
- Dalek Sec: Emergency temporal shift.
I find it remarkable that people can be presented with such a strong circumstantial case and conclude that there is no link in question, or only a very weak one. In this case, a black dalek, the only one we have seen so far, is accompanied by three gold daleks, all four the only daleks we have seen to use names. The black dalek is shown escaping at the end of the episode via "emergency temporal shift". In a later episode a black dalek with the same name is seen with four gold daleks also with the same names as the daleks seen previously. They are treated by the Doctor as if they are the same daleks from before and when asked how they escaped, admit to the emergency temporal shift we saw earlier.
This is not a weak case. It is not proved to a certainty, and I can easily think of explanations which would show it to be untrue, but one thing it is not is weak. The wikipedian in question would, I surmise, be convinced only by dalek's-eye-view footage of the entire escape and arrival in Manhattan.
So, yes. It puzzles me that some people, no matter how strong the evidence, seem to flat out refuse to make connections between what they see and instead treat each case as a separate, entirely unrelated entity.
Yep, that catalogue entry reminded me of Creationism. Somehow, someone took the words 'The Chronicles of Narnia, book 2' from the cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and concluded that this was an alternate title for the book, not the series name and volume number. In fact it is an alternate title for the book. It is also a very clear indication that this volume does not stand alone, but has continuity with what came before and after.
Of course, closer examination reveals that the Narnia books are not a simple ordered series. They were not published in the chronological order they are presented in, and were written in yet a different order. But, one needs to investigate to discover this - the manner of connection is less obvious than the fact.
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