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  2. Academic writing - Wikipedia

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    Academic writing often features prose register that is conventionally characterized by "evidence...that the writer(s) have been persistent, open-minded and disciplined in the study"; that prioritizes "reason over emotion or sensual perception"; and that imagines a reader who is "coolly rational, reading for information, and intending to formulate a reasoned response."

  3. Big Think - Wikipedia

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    Big Think is a multimedia web portal founded in 2007 by Victoria Brown and Peter Hopkins. [1] [2] The site publishes interviews and round table discussions with experts from a wide range of fields. Victoria Brown is the acting CEO and Peter Hopkins is the acting president of the company.

  4. Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a Citable Source - Wikipedia

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    Research papers, particularly the one research paper students write in their eleventh grade, have always been an integral part of high school education [4].They stress the need to verify information and teach students how to evaluate sources critically, and as a result, teachers have developed various criteria to help students identify credible sources, an especially important skill in the ...

  5. Essay - Wikipedia

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    In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. The Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put his thoughts into writing. Subsequently, essay has been

  6. Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources - Wikipedia

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    For a source to be added to this list, editors generally expect two or more significant discussions about the source's reliability in the past, or an uninterrupted request for comment on the source's reliability that took place on the reliable sources noticeboard. For a discussion to be considered significant, most editors expect no fewer than ...

  7. The science behind why people think they're right when they ...

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    There may be a psychological reason why some people aren’t just wrong in an argument — they’re confidently wrong, according to a study in the journal Plos One. The science behind why people ...

  8. Wikipedia:Reliable sources - Wikipedia

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    Reliable scholarship – Material such as an article, book, monograph, or research paper that has been vetted by the scholarly community is regarded as reliable, where the material has been published in reputable peer-reviewed sources or by well-regarded academic presses.

  9. Wikipedia : Identifying reliable sources (science)

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    If a reliable and comprehensive review article cites a study, result, or idea, the review should usually be cited in preference to the primary source. If a primary source is cited by few or no reliable sources outside the originating lab, the primary source may be removed as not reporting an important result.