Nope: it seems to have been entirely a matter of laziness and incompetence.
"not be a bunch of confused kids out there but a lot of enlightened ones instead"
Yep, in a way I kind of think/hope that too. On the other hand, if they're expecting a godfearing book of quirky science factoids and get hit between the eyeballs by, for example, the full horrors of the Nazi medical experiments, then, yes, I'd expect them to be confused.
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Date: 2008-04-19 02:57 am (UTC)"think it might be deliberate?"
Nope: it seems to have been entirely a matter of laziness and incompetence.
"not be a bunch of confused kids out there but a lot of enlightened ones instead"
Yep, in a way I kind of think/hope that too. On the other hand, if they're expecting a godfearing book of quirky science factoids and get hit between the eyeballs by, for example, the full horrors of the Nazi medical experiments, then, yes, I'd expect them to be confused.