On 2/26/07, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:19 PM, T P wrote:
There's nothing wrong with taking into account the opinions of people who know nothing about webcomics. They have the advantage of objectivity, which Scout McCloud does not.
I tend to think that someone who knows nothing about webcomics is just as biased as someone who knows a lot, just in the other direction.
If somebody doesn't know anything about the subject, I'm unconvinced they have anything useful to say on the subject beyond, perhaps, some attention to style, structure, etc.
This sort of "experts are worse than clueless people" attitude pops up occasionally. It is, I think, worth ignoring entirely.
I don't have a lot of patience, so I hope you give me credit for trying.
I never said "experts are worse than clueless people" and I never will.
Everybody has biases. Wikipedia deals with that by forcing people with different biases to come to consensus.
If you want a project where experts have more say than the rest, go to Citizendium.
Adam