Thomas Dalton wrote:
Using the same system for assigning admin powers as we use for assigning editing powers *will* result in large amounts of admin vandalism, that's just simple extrapolation.
Extrapolation is indeed the logic of the simple. Had we depended entirely on extrapolating the visible world of Newtonian physics, Einstein's relativity might never have been discovered.
Saying that cleaning up admin vandalism will be harder than cleaning up regular vandalism is a logical deduction, it's not based on evidence, you're right, but it is based on very solid reasoning.
Wow! Do you understand what you said? You have managed to undermine the entire 17th century debate between rationalism and empiricism. =-O
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