Dear smart people,
Please look over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard/Process_essay and hack it to bits.
(Please forward to other smart people.)
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
Dear smart people,
Please look over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard/Process_essay and hack it to bits.
Interesting. One point that could perhaps be made: Process works best when it protects the rights of minorities.
It's always good to remind those who work metaphorically to thwart the "conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids," that they are not Stanford Prison Guards.
Ec
On 14/09/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
Please look over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard/Process_essay and hack it to bits.
Interesting. One point that could perhaps be made: Process works best when it protects the rights of minorities.
What are some examples on Wikipedia?
It's always good to remind those who work metaphorically to thwart the "conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids," that they are not Stanford Prison Guards.
Phrasing it that way is unlikely to get through to anyone behaving that way - they are of as good faith and dedication to the project as you or I, even if they're obviously complete idiots.
But then, they think we're complete idiots. Call this the Assumption of Symmetrical Stupidity. (I'll see if [[:en:WP:AGF]] would benefit from a refactor, and put that in there if it would.)
- d.
+++ David Gerard [14/09/06 20:31 +0100]:
On 14/09/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
Please look over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard/Process_essay and hack it to bits.
Not bad. link to it from m:instruction_creep? It should go into wp space or onto meta at some point.
But then, they think we're complete idiots. Call this the Assumption of Symmetrical Stupidity. (I'll see if [[:en:WP:AGF]] would benefit from a refactor, and put that in there if it would.)
Perhaps there's a relativist law that any pair of people are of necessity symmetrically stupid. that would explain a lot of stalemates.
SJ
SJ Klein wrote:
+++ David Gerard [14/09/06 20:31 +0100]:
But then, they think we're complete idiots. Call this the Assumption of Symmetrical Stupidity. (I'll see if [[:en:WP:AGF]] would benefit
from a refactor, and put that in there if it would.)
Perhaps there's a relativist law that any pair of people are of necessity symmetrically stupid. that would explain a lot of stalemates.
This suggests that long lasting marriages have have accomodated the symetrical stupidity of stale mates.
Ec
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