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Temperance
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I rather liked "a suppurating rat's rectum". Very visual. Lol.
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Quote: Temperance, Sunday, 28 Feb 2010 16:30I rather liked "a suppurating rat's rectum". Very visual. Lol. But was it the suppurating rectum of a rat, or the rectum of a suppurating rat? Interesting article though, I thought, in highlighting once more that the proliferation of websites and associated forums (or fora, if preferred) have created outlets for every anonymous lunatic in the world to air their all-too-often loopy prejudices, publicly. Still, better out than in, I suppose. As for Dawkins, while bowing to his scientific credentials, I just wish he would restrain his fanaticism and stop acting like evolutionary biology's version of the Taliban.
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Doesn't Harkin miss the point that it is the lack of face-to-face interaction that allows the extreme reactions to develop? The internet is anonymous so no-one need take responsibility if they don't hang their monika on their comments. The point about the small groups is that the members 'know' each other, in a strange electronic sort of way, so they don't flame each other. Having said that, I seem to recall a couple of instances of flaming on this very forum a couple of years ago.
It doesn't say much for atheists, though. I though they were ultra rational. Apparently not
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Anyone who works with the general public can tell you that if you're going to open your doors to 85,000 people, you're going to have some problems, and this is true whether it's online or in person. I've seen people--and I'm not talking about kids, I'm talking about well-dressed, professional adults--verbally abuse sweet little old librarians, in person, face to face, over some truly trivial shit.
People are rarely as rational as we like to think they are.
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Quote: sophiemp, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 09:11Anyone who works with the general public can tell you that if you're going to open your doors to 85,000 people, you're going to have some problems, and this is true whether it's online or in person. I've seen people--and I'm not talking about kids, I'm talking about well-dressed, professional adults--verbally abuse sweet little old librarians, in person, face to face, over some truly trivial shit. People are rarely as rational as we like to think they are. I agree on the rationality point. But don't you think that people are more likely to say (and, indeed reveal) things via Internet fora to others they've never even met, which they would never dream of saying or doing on a face-to-face basis? Hell, we've seen it on here often enough; slanging matches for example which would probably not (though not necessarily) have occured if the participants had been facing each other.
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Quote: Miller, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 11:38Quote: sophiemp, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 09:11Anyone who works with the general public can tell you that if you're going to open your doors to 85,000 people, you're going to have some problems, and this is true whether it's online or in person. I've seen people--and I'm not talking about kids, I'm talking about well-dressed, professional adults--verbally abuse sweet little old librarians, in person, face to face, over some truly trivial shit. People are rarely as rational as we like to think they are. I agree on the rationality point. But don't you think that people are more likely to say (and, indeed reveal) things via Internet fora to others they've never even met, which they would never dream of saying or doing on a face-to-face basis? Hell, we've seen it on here often enough; slanging matches for example which would probably not (though not necessarily) have occured if the participants had been facing each other. No I probably would still say it to their face
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Quote: sophiemp, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 09:11People are rarely as rational as we like to think they are. If people are even less rational than I give them credit for, then it might be time to leave the planet.
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Miller
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Quote: sulcus, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 11:42Quote: Miller, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 11:38Quote: sophiemp, Monday, 1 Mar 2010 09:11Anyone who works with the general public can tell you that if you're going to open your doors to 85,000 people, you're going to have some problems, and this is true whether it's online or in person. I've seen people--and I'm not talking about kids, I'm talking about well-dressed, professional adults--verbally abuse sweet little old librarians, in person, face to face, over some truly trivial shit. People are rarely as rational as we like to think they are. I agree on the rationality point. But don't you think that people are more likely to say (and, indeed reveal) things via Internet fora to others they've never even met, which they would never dream of saying or doing on a face-to-face basis? Hell, we've seen it on here often enough; slanging matches for example which would probably not (though not necessarily) have occured if the participants had been facing each other. No I probably would still say it to their face Yeah, but they'd need a dictionary, sulcus. 
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The wisdom of Internet crowds (or not)
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