[WikiEN-l] Re: Wikipedia is *already* written from a scientific POV

[steve v]

Well, there we go: We now have to rewrite everything
in from a "creationism" POV --because external,
independently unverified polls, with unknown
demographic factors and unknown questions, have
expressed an overruling of both science consensus and
WP-local consensus.

Why is WP consensus not US general consensus? As
people become more educated and involved in NPOV-based
projects, the move toward rationality. NPOV requires
at least a rational basis for article craftsmanship,
which implies rationality in other areas. 

IIRC, the typical MBTI for WPdians is quite different
from the average majority. WP by default is
represented by bookish, eristic types. PR crusades by
any particular irrational POV, regardless of its
representaion, is bound to fail, simply because
belief=irrationality, hence not NPOV.

--- James Gibbon <wikipedia at jamesgibbon.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 14:12:57 +0100
> Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
>  
> > 	# 45% believe that God created human beings
> pretty much in their
> > 	  present form at one time within the last 10,000
> years or so
> > 	# 37% believe that human beings have developed
> over millions of
> > 	  years from less advanced forms of life, but God
> guided the
> > 	  process.
> > 
> > That's 82%, which I call "most".
> 
> I think that's 82% of the US specifically though,
> no? For other Western
> countries the figure will be considerably lower.
> 
> > 
> > 	When asked by name whether they believe in or
> lean more towards
> > 	the "theory of creationism" or the "theory of
> evolution", 57%
> > 	indicated creationism, 33% indicated evolution,
> and 10%
> > 	responded "not sure."
> > 
> > Again, 57% I call "most".
> 
> Is that 57% of the 82%? 
> 
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