Secondhand Knowledge

Dalrymple on his delight at the discovery of errors and admissions of ignorance found in a recent economics book:

I am a pedant at heart. A pedant is a person who seeks out error with infinitely more gusto than he seeks truth. I have rarely spent £1.99 more wisely.

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