Stephen King tried this. And it didn't work. Because he didn't get enough money at the end of each chapter, he stopped writing the story. Thereby screwing every single one of his fans who DID pay up, because they paid for an incomplete story.
Now, if a best selling author like King couldn't make this model work, what makes you think it's viable?
Sorry, but that man in the coma for 23 years, is only "communicating" with the world through "facilitated communication", which is a hoax. A discredited technique.
My first thought on reading the slashdot summary was "Not this again..." because there was a recent Belgian case of a man who was supposedly in a coma for 20+ years and was now communicating with the help of a woman. And it was total bull.
This does appear to be something different, though I imagine it may get confused with the known pseudoscience of facilitated communication.
Hang on a moment. I'm a member of the liberal left, and what *I* see are constant reminders from right-wingers that nazi's, socialism, etc... are all products of the evil liberal left.
The truth is, the left/right political spectrum is a very poor analogy for the real world, and too many people on BOTH sides simply hurl accusations at the other, whether they are nazi comparisons or not.
You were called a Nazi, and yes, that was wrong. But you're equally as wrong to claim that this is the default position of the left. It is not. It is the default position of some people who cannot hold a rational discussion.
Do you know if this plan has ever been tried before?
I vaguely recall hearing something about this before. Apparently it's a good way to get out of a recession too, and reduce unemployment. But when I went to look for information about, none of my state approved history texts had anything to say. And all the websites google was pointing me to, appeared to be down. I wonder if the problem is with my ISP...
I wonder how many things are removed from the Internet that we simply don't get to hear about...
Good question. There are websites, such as The Memory Hole, which specifically try to maintain records of things which perhaps the powerful controlling interests of mainstream media would like to scrub from history. Like Benazir Bhutto's confirmation that Bin Laden was dead. Or the Pentagon admitting that it targeted civilian water supplies in Iraq. Or Israel claiming to reprimand two top army officers for ordering the Jan. 15 attack on the UN compound in Gaza last year that used white phosphorus shells, but actually not disciplining them at all. That sort of thing, of which there is plenty. Project Censored does a yearly round up of the most important stories ignored by the mainstream media.
There are the things which disappear because no one gives a crap. (My old Geocities website)
It's virtually impossible NOT to get a positive result, which tells you "Your child does seem to have some of the signs and symptoms that should prompt and evaluation for autism or other communication disorder."
For example, I ran through it based on my nephew. He's not autistic. I answered all the questions honestly. And these two were sufficient to trigger "he has the signs and symptoms" bullcrap.
# has language skills or speech that is delayed. # throws intense or violent tantrums.
His language skills are delayed because that's typical for a child being reared in a bilingual house. And violent tantrums? I think he gets that from his mother.:)
I know it's WAY off topic, in that it has nothing to do with vaccines or autism, but I really wanted to focus on this point you made:
"Peer review, like the market, only works with honorable actors. Scientists are presumed to be honorable, so the way peer review is structured doesn't attempt to look for deliberate forgeries or falsehoods."
This is SO important, it bears repeating. It bears framing, and should be put on the inside cover of every peer review journal.
I wasn't the only person who fell into that trap, when Michael Drosnin published "The Bible Code". Having a mathematics background, I read through the paper by Eli Rips and genuinely could not find fault with it. And the results were so conclusive, I gave serious consideration to becoming Jewish based on the results of what appeared to be an air-tight mathematical proof. (I still use this example now, as an atheist, to say that if someone ever shows me convincing evidence of gods existence, i'll accept it. Atheists follow the evidence, we don't "hate" god.)
Anyway, it later transpired that Rabbi / Professor Eli Rips was a lying son of a bitch, who clearly thought that lying was okay if it spread the word of his god. There was nothing wrong with the maths paper. Only the assumptions it relied on were false, and my assumption (that a maths paper wouldn't be submitted based on deliberate false precepts) was wrong.
(For those interested, it had to do with multiplying the probabilities of 50 independent events, thereby getting an extraordinarily low probability. Only the events were not independent at all, so multiplying the probabilities doesn't work.)
This is the equivalent of shooting a bullet out of the air, with another bullet.
And that's just not possible.
This whole idea should never ever have passed the first smell test. The only question people should ask now is "Who is benefitting from this?"
Any project with a budget as large as... well, the amount that's been wasted on this, needs to be able show proof of concept, set targets, meet them, and have a fixed deadline. Otherwise, you're just pissing away good money after bad.
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Stephen King tried this. And it didn't work. Because he didn't get enough money at the end of each chapter, he stopped writing the story. Thereby screwing every single one of his fans who DID pay up, because they paid for an incomplete story.
Now, if a best selling author like King couldn't make this model work, what makes you think it's viable?
Interestingly, this is the exact opposite of Open Source, or perhaps Wikipedia.
Have you BEEN to wikipedia lately?
The moderators there LOVE control.
Sorry, but accuracy is important here, especially when so many people don't read the article.
The lowest scorer among "high knowledge" was... network news.
Wrong. The lowest scorer among high knowledge was Network Morning Shows. And if you've ever seen one, that should come as no surprise.
Sorry, but that man in the coma for 23 years, is only "communicating" with the world through "facilitated communication", which is a hoax. A discredited technique.
My first thought on reading the slashdot summary was "Not this again..." because there was a recent Belgian case of a man who was supposedly in a coma for 20+ years and was now communicating with the help of a woman. And it was total bull.
This does appear to be something different, though I imagine it may get confused with the known pseudoscience of facilitated communication.
Oh, they'd click the link perhaps. But take the time to actually READ it?
It will require that the people who ARE sick of it, run for office, and vote.
Thats the default response from the liberal left
Hang on a moment. I'm a member of the liberal left, and what *I* see are constant reminders from right-wingers that nazi's, socialism, etc... are all products of the evil liberal left.
The truth is, the left/right political spectrum is a very poor analogy for the real world, and too many people on BOTH sides simply hurl accusations at the other, whether they are nazi comparisons or not.
You were called a Nazi, and yes, that was wrong. But you're equally as wrong to claim that this is the default position of the left. It is not. It is the default position of some people who cannot hold a rational discussion.
Do you know if this plan has ever been tried before?
I vaguely recall hearing something about this before. Apparently it's a good way to get out of a recession too, and reduce unemployment.
But when I went to look for information about, none of my state approved history texts had anything to say. And all the websites google was pointing me to, appeared to be down. I wonder if the problem is with my ISP...
This is similar to the way the largest Irish broadband provider (EIRCOM) prevents its users from reaching thepiratebay.org
I like this website.
Do you have an RSS feed I could subscribe to?
I wonder how many things are removed from the Internet that we simply don't get to hear about...
Good question. There are websites, such as The Memory Hole, which specifically try to maintain records of things which perhaps the powerful controlling interests of mainstream media would like to scrub from history. Like Benazir Bhutto's confirmation that Bin Laden was dead. Or the Pentagon admitting that it targeted civilian water supplies in Iraq. Or Israel claiming to reprimand two top army officers for ordering the Jan. 15 attack on the UN compound in Gaza last year that used white phosphorus shells, but actually not disciplining them at all. That sort of thing, of which there is plenty. Project Censored does a yearly round up of the most important stories ignored by the mainstream media.
There are the things which disappear because no one gives a crap. (My old Geocities website)
did you even read the article?
You must be new here...
Tagged this story as "stasi"
Because they scare the sh*t out of me, and I'm pretty sure they're doing it to influence my vote.
Penicillin? Not a mistake so much as general messiness.
OBLIG: If that's the case, then I've probably got the cure for cancer in my room somewhere.
Assuming you were serious and not just going for the funny, can I suggest you spend a few hours updating your understanding of the word evidence?
Because he can't recognise social clues, HE'S the one that needs more education?
How about you put the bullies into some remedial education? The classes where they teach them that violence is wrong?
Oh, wait, that might adversely affect the number of football players in your school, and army recruits when they're older.
And if there's one thing Imperius Novae Roma is going to need in the future, it's soldiers and gladiators.
Well, as a layman, it seems the goal posts for autism diagnosis are widening considerably.
Take for example, this online autism screening quiz for concerned parents:
http://pediatrics.about.com/od/autism/l/bl_autism.htm
It's virtually impossible NOT to get a positive result, which tells you "Your child does seem to have some of the signs and symptoms that should prompt and evaluation for autism or other communication disorder."
For example, I ran through it based on my nephew. He's not autistic. I answered all the questions honestly. And these two were sufficient to trigger "he has the signs and symptoms" bullcrap.
# has language skills or speech that is delayed.
# throws intense or violent tantrums.
His language skills are delayed because that's typical for a child being reared in a bilingual house. :)
And violent tantrums? I think he gets that from his mother.
I know it's WAY off topic, in that it has nothing to do with vaccines or autism, but I really wanted to focus on this point you made:
"Peer review, like the market, only works with honorable actors. Scientists are presumed to be honorable, so the way peer review is structured doesn't attempt to look for deliberate forgeries or falsehoods."
This is SO important, it bears repeating. It bears framing, and should be put on the inside cover of every peer review journal.
I wasn't the only person who fell into that trap, when Michael Drosnin published "The Bible Code". Having a mathematics background, I read through the paper by Eli Rips and genuinely could not find fault with it. And the results were so conclusive, I gave serious consideration to becoming Jewish based on the results of what appeared to be an air-tight mathematical proof. (I still use this example now, as an atheist, to say that if someone ever shows me convincing evidence of gods existence, i'll accept it. Atheists follow the evidence, we don't "hate" god.)
Anyway, it later transpired that Rabbi / Professor Eli Rips was a lying son of a bitch, who clearly thought that lying was okay if it spread the word of his god. There was nothing wrong with the maths paper. Only the assumptions it relied on were false, and my assumption (that a maths paper wouldn't be submitted based on deliberate false precepts) was wrong.
(For those interested, it had to do with multiplying the probabilities of 50 independent events, thereby getting an extraordinarily low probability. Only the events were not independent at all, so multiplying the probabilities doesn't work.)
Charlie writes an interesting article.
"Amazon are going to fight this one ruthlessly because if the publishers win, it destroys the profitability of their business and pushes prices down."
But it just doesn't stand up to the facts.
If he had attempted to say that their profits will be decreased, I might have been convinced. But it *demonstrably* won't push prices down.
This is the equivalent of shooting a bullet out of the air, with another bullet.
And that's just not possible.
This whole idea should never ever have passed the first smell test. The only question people should ask now is "Who is benefitting from this?"
Any project with a budget as large as ... well, the amount that's been wasted on this, needs to be able show proof of concept, set targets, meet them, and have a fixed deadline. Otherwise, you're just pissing away good money after bad.
Labour wasted all our money on NHS and funding stupid QUANGO's
Labour has wasted a lot of money, but on the NHS? You're joking.
It's about the only facet of government spending that is sensible, and yet still manages to survive while being underfunded.
You may be angry, but you're in the minority.
How many independent candidates do you see running for election on the platform that they will roll back these insane and pointless security laws?
No mainstream party is going to take that line, because even if they wanted to, the mass media (lowest common denominator) would crucify them for it.
I just love the fact that right now, it's modded "INSIGHTFUL"