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From: "Noein" <pronoein(a)gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"
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Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?
I am sincerely asking you, without insinuation: how do
you know you're
not one of them? What's the difference between the one who knows he
knows and the one who doesn't know he doesn't know if it's only about
self-perception (or social perception)?
Where is the universality of knowledge in this conception if it boils
down to intimate convictions ?
There are well-established mechanisms for determining this. I have had many
papers published, I am currently working collaboratively with another
academic on a book on medieval philosophy. I have no problem working with
people who understand the rules, I am told the quality of my work is good.
There are objective mechanisms for determining whether someone is a crank.
I admit to having a seriously short fuse, and that was my main problem in
working in Wikipedia. But that is different from the issue you are talking
about.