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On the contrary, you'll get a lot more out of reading the article without preconceptions. I don't think it's really worth reading someones comments about an art

• moyix 10y ago
  Sure, you should absolutely read the article first! But I found that even after reading the article it was very valuable to read a journalistic perspective on the reportage. It's also really interesting to contrast this story with the recent piece in The Atlantic about the provenance of a papyrus that mentions Jesus had a wife: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-unbelievable-tale-of-jesus-wife/485573/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-unbe... The reporter does outside research, solicits opposing points of view, and generally is very diligent about trying not to be snowed. And, tellingly, he doesn't use unfamiliarity with the field as an excuse not to investigate Compare with this article: "From time to time during those months, I wondered what if, in some brutally postmodern way, the true identity of Satoshi could never be fully ascertained? What if Wright had every single element necessary to prove himself, but somehow couldn’t? Anonymity – or at least pseudonymity – is an essential part of the cryptographic world."