Comments by "Jack B" (@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing) on "The Infographics Show"
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They also used to tell me not to watch documentaries. Because they wanted me to write papers based only on books they agreed with.
Because in the world of Academia, they think that Books are some sort of Holy Media that is not to be questioned by you filthy plebs & heretics, and is the only acceptable format for enshrining facts. The one and only magical power that Books have over anything else is the inexplicable knee jerk reaction that If It's Inside Of A Book, It Must Be True, and all else is LIES!
It's the Bible effect. Had the Old Testament been originally released only as an audio book on iTunes, it would never have been taken as seriously, only a dozen people would have died over it rather than untold millions, and would be found only in the Young Adult Fiction genre between Twilight and Harry Potter :P
Try and picture a preacher doing the following before his congregation:
Preacher A: Holds up The Bible, and shouts "Heed the words in The Good Book! Salvation is within it's pages!"
Preacher B: Holds up a CD case, and shouts "Heed Track #3 in this Good Soundtrack! Salvation is within, but you gotta skip to 38:44..."
Kinda lacks the same effect, don't you think?
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