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<dateCreated>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:10:54 GMT</dateCreated>
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<ownerName>Tom Morris</ownerName>
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<body><outline text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/why-you-should-throw-books-out-tyler-cowen&quot;&gt;Tyler Cowen&lt;/a&gt; is fundamentally wrong about throwing out books. There is no objective scale of the meritoriousness of books. Different readers have different needs for books. I have a few creationist books on my shelves, not because I'm a creationist or think that creationism is valid, but because I like to know my enemies. Therefore, if you were to take Cowen's suggestion (inspired no doubt by the fact that he is writing for a book publisher), you would think &quot;Oh, that Tom character has got too much to read already, so I won't give him this book about creationism&quot;. You'd be mistaken. I would like to have the book, for reference. Book readers are odd people, and about the least likely to strictly follow the model of &lt;em&gt;homo economicus&lt;/em&gt;." created="Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:10:54 GMT"/>
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