Shirky: The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview: "Consider the following statements: - The creator of shirky.com lives in Brooklyn - People who live in Brooklyn speak with a Brooklyn accent You could conclude from this pair of assertions that the creator of shirky.com pronounces it 'shoiky.com.' This, unlike assertions about my physical location, is false. It would be easy to shrug this error off as Garbage In, Garbage Out, but it isn't so simple. The creator of shirky.com does live in Brooklyn, and some people who live in Brooklyn do speak with a Brooklyn accent, just not all of them (us). Each of those statements is true, in other words, but each is true in a different way. It is tempting to note that the second statement is a generalization that can only be understood in context, but that way madness lies. "