>> Sure. But if you read something in a book, there is a high probability 
>> that it has some basis in fact. 
> 
> Depends on the book, I think.

Why yes, yes it does. When I was at uni, we did an entire 3-hour lecture 
session on this very question.

Unfortunately, *I* was doing a computing degree, where almost anything 
in any published book is out of date a very long time before the book 
has even been printed. But I guess if you were doing a history degree, 
that session might have been useful.

Of course, hypothetically you can apply the same analysis to online 
material, but... honestly? Take a wild guess.

Anyway, I said *probability*, not certainty. ;-)

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