Clarence Page correctly points to the import of verifying information on the Internet (“A computer cult’s tragic `religion,’ ” Op-Ed, March 30).
In fact, the April issue of Internet World discusses how misinformation spreads and the need to become “infocritical”: i.e., taking the time to verify or test the accuracy of information before accepting it or sharing it.
But is Mr. Page stretching his point by labeling Heaven’s Gate a “computer cult” and linking its negative drive to the Internet? Clearly, the cult designed Internet web sites for corporate clients and also utilized the Internet to promote its beliefs. It also built a roofless house with stacked recycled tires in Manzano, N.M., and wrote a book on tire construction architecture.
Should we then call it a tire cult and link it to Vulcan?
