Footnotes Are Evil


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I don't buy it myself. Footnotes are optional; the text should make sense without them. If that's not the case, they're being used incorrectly (in which case, the authors, not the footnotes, are evil). -- TA

You're also overlooking the fact that evil is necessary, if you want to have good. --WJR

Anyway, if you want short factual additions without breaking the flow of text, it's a necessary evil to have footnotes. I would agree that endnotes are the work of Satan --TL


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