I would like to respectfully request that people remember that there is no
such thing as ONE book with ALL theinformation in it (right/correct/most
up-to-date, etc).

When providing information about a subject from a single source, it would
be WISE to also encourage the person to look elsewhere for ADDITIONAL or
CONFIRMATORY information.  No book as all the answers.  Just as no one
person knows everything.  AND, all textbooks are secondary sources, meaning
you are reading the UNDERSTANDING of the authors of the primary references
they read.  Regardless of the authorship, read such material with caution
and where possible, go to the primary sources yourselves.

When I have done this, I have often found that the understanding of the
author did NOT always reflect accurately the findings being described.
Scary to consider this, but that does happen.  No one person is infallible.
No one book should ever be used as the sole reference guide.


from someone who has written a textbook and primary references....

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