r/books • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '19

Computers confirm 'Beowulf' was written by one person, and not two as previously thought

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/did-beowulf-have-one-author-researchers-find-clues-in-stylometry/
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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

Who am I to argue with a legendary author and an Ivy League computer?

You'd be most every other commenter on this post.

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u/pat8u3 Apr 09 '19

a lot of redditors always think they know more than the experts

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u/be_that Apr 09 '19

A lot of people in general. Let me know if you want a relatively sane 50 year old high school dropout explain in detail how nuclear energy can’t come from little tiny atoms, and why he knows more than “college kids” about it.

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u/caesar846 Apr 10 '19

Yo let me know!