Talk:Eric Hoffer

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Cited in a video game[edit]

I don't quite know if this rises to being notable enough for being mentioned in the article but I found it interesting that for one of the first video games produced for the Apple 2 "Hard Hat Mack" about a construction worker, the accompanying information about the main character/hero states: "Mack: A bona fide Working Class Hero. Puts John Henry to shame. Reads Eric Hoffer. Fueled by cupcakes and an unshakable belief in the work ethic." http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=abOXbHPga30#t=103

I just found it amazing that a serious author would have the impact to be mentioned in a video game about a working class character. --Wowaconia (talk) 19:06, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lede contradicted by his own words[edit]

In the lede it says The Ordeal of Change was his favourite work, with a reference that's not really a reference. Wikiquote cites his journal as saying: "In all my life I never competed for fortune, for a woman, or for fame. I learned to write in total isolation. My first work was also my best, and the first thing published. I never belonged to a circle or clique. I did not know I was writing a book until it was written. When my first book was published there was no one near me, an acquaintance let alone a friend, to congratulate me. I have never savored triumph, never won a race." Entry (1981) Should that be fixed, given that that's an actual source, by his own hand, not a poor and obscure citation of a source that cannot be checked? 207.216.94.190 (talk) 09:26, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified[edit]

Just a question: no mention or explanation of Eric Hoffer’s education, how did he manage to become a university professor as a longshoreman ? Goodtoknow2 (talk) 03:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Birthdate Discrepancies[edit]

His birth date is given as 1898, but there are several sources that give contradictory information. The 1940 Census, which is cited in the "Early Life" section actually gives 1899, but it is being used to source a year of 1898.

Furthermore, the article written on the Hoover Institute website states that there are no records to confirm his birth date. It ranges from 1898 to 1902, but they state it is most likely that he was born in 1898.^[1]. This would be a better reference for the birth date stated in the introductory portion of his article than the Encyclopedia Brittanica article that gives 1902: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eric-Hoffer.

I'm not a seasoned editor here on Wikipedia, and I would appreciate it if someone with more experience could update this article with the proper format and templates.

Thanks!

Dotmom61 (talk) 15:30, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Hoover Institution. Eric Hoffer, Genius—And Enigma, Excerpted from Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher, by Tom Bethell (Hoover Press, 2012).

[1] Hoover Institution. Eric Hoffer, Genius—And Enigma, Excerpted from Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher, by Tom Bethell (Hoover Press, 2012).

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