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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kapture" data-source="post: 2582574" data-attributes="member: 7645">I dunno. I thought chainsaw's tone was pretty dismissive. And I try not to split other people's hairs for them.Ectoplasm is defined in Mosby's (via Health Wellness Resource) as: the compact, peripheral portion of the cytoplasm of a cell, and in Dorland's as a cell plasma. It doesn't seem to be commonly used: in four resources, I found it twice. Neither definition says anything about ear. A google search draws mentions that ectoplam seems to come out of the ear of mediums. Definition one seems to be some kind of joke, although an ear doctor could better inform us. Otherwise, I thought it was funny.Definition two seemed sceptical enough, but I will point out that Wikkipedia can be interesting in an anthropological sense: I've found it useful looking up religious/mythological terms in order to find out why the person using it might find it interesting. If I had the time, I would further research the "England's last witch trial claim." It seems like a good bit to base a modern horror adventure off of.Definition three would be easy to look up in a physics(?) encyclopedia, I'm sure, but I'm too lazy to do it right now.I think the value of Wikkipedia is based on the value of people's interest in the truth about a subject. For instance, a skeptic like myself or Chainsaw Mage might be more interested in the veracity of supernatural claims. On the other hand, I found nothing to really rouse my suspicion when using Wikkipedia to research diamond mines... but that might have to do with the fact that I really don't care much about mining, was only looking for info to base a game set piece on, and Wikkipedia's info seemed reasonable to me.</blockquote>

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