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Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship
GigsVT writes "Editors on Wikipedia are engaged in an epic battle over a few piece of paper smeared with ink. The 10 inkblot images that form the classic Rorschach test have fallen into the public domain, and so including them on Wikipedia would seem to be a simple choice. However, some editors have cited the American Psychological Association's statement that exposure of the images to the public is an unethical act, since prior exposure to the images could render them ineffective as a psychological test. Is the censorship of material appropriate, when the public exposure to that material may render it useless?"
squabbling over which marble is prettier.
Grow the fuck up. There are more pressing problems facing us.
And no, I didn't RTFA.
"Look at it this way... in a hundred years, who's gonna care?" - waitress from Terminator.
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
so really crazy is a difference of opinion. if the 10 ink blobs are not random, then because you dont agree with what i say about what i think they look like and how i go about examining each so that i can make my decision, and if you dont agree with me.. give me a padded room with a view and feed me every day. thank you very much.
forced to listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy and watching Nazis have sex with prostitutes.
A clockwork orange, show it to your girlfriend sometime! no really... show it to her, she will shut the fuck up about all that other shit...
Well, that depends on what you call a "Rorschach test". Showing someone a bunch of inkspots and asking what they mean seems pretty much like "pop-psychology" to me. But that doesn't mean *anY* Rorschach test is bullshit.
For instance, ask someone: "How do you spell 'Rorschach'?"
If they do it correctly, you can say, with a high degree of confidence, that he or she has an excellent memory.