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on Friday March 27 2015, @06:29PM
from the asbestos-shorts-are-on-backorder dept.
from the asbestos-shorts-are-on-backorder dept.
I'm sure that you would like to join with us in welcoming three new editors to the team. They will be coming online sometime during the next few days. They are:
- NotSanguine
- cmn32480
- CoolHand
The new additions bring the editorial team to a healthier size, which will enable us to achieve and maintain the standards that we believe the community deserves.
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(Score: 5, Funny) by NotSanguine on Friday March 27 2015, @07:18PM
About showering. I'm having second thoughts about this now.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Friday March 27 2015, @07:38PM
I am totally NOT showering with you or CoolHand.
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear" - Norm Peterson
(Score: 5, Funny) by NotSanguine on Friday March 27 2015, @07:41PM
I am totally NOT showering with you or CoolHand.
I guess you didn't read the editorial guidelines very carefully, did you?
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Friday March 27 2015, @07:50PM
DAMNIT!
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear" - Norm Peterson
(Score: 2) by tibman on Friday March 27 2015, @08:30PM
If you change your mind, i can photograph the event. For free even.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Nerdfest on Friday March 27 2015, @09:39PM
Never shower with someone named "Coolhand". "Coldhand" is even worse.
(Score: 2) by CoolHand on Saturday March 28 2015, @12:45AM
Nice one nerdie.... :)
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2015, @09:29PM
> As an editor, no agenda;
That's impossible.
The best you can do is to try to recognize your own agenda and compensate for it.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday March 27 2015, @10:31PM
> As an editor, no agenda;
That's impossible.
The best you can do is to try to recognize your own agenda and compensate for it.
Is it? I suppose that not injecting my own opinions could be considered an agenda, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant.
I guess we'll just have to see then, won't we?
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2015, @11:35PM
Recognizing your own biases is nearly impossible.
For example, Scalia on the supreme court. He is pretty adamant about being a textual originalist and therefore objective.
But that falls apart in many of his rulings because he picks and chooses the definitions of the words in the text that most appeal to his biases. Of course he does not recognize that he's doing that because, to him, those definitions are the correct ones - but all he's doing is using them as a proxy for his subjectivity. He does get riled up when called out on it - because he truly and honestly believes he's being objective.
Here's a thought experiment:
We all believe incorrect facts. I think you can agree with that, right?
So now, try to name just one incorrect fat that you yourself believe.
Since being an editor is not something that can be automated, it is a job that requires human judgment, your biases will be manifest in the judgment you apply.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday March 28 2015, @12:57AM
Recognizing your own biases is nearly impossible.
But recognizing the steaming load you've put forth, for what it is, is quite easy.
Here's a thought experiment:
We all believe incorrect facts. I think you can agree with that, right?
So now, try to name just one incorrect fat that you yourself believe.
I don't believe in facts. Facts are facts. Either it's a fact or it's not. If it's a fact, then there's evidence for it and can be proven. No belief is required.
If it can't be documented and/or proven, it's not a fact. Then it's a hypothesis or an opinion. Not a fact.
Note that the decisions written by jurists (like Antonin Scalia) are called "opnions" not facts. Why? Because they are opinions and not facts.
As Daniel Patrick Moynihan [wikipedia.org] famously pointed out:
And so, my opinion is that you're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too.
Have a lovely day.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 28 2015, @03:08AM
> I don't believe in facts
I feel like you have focused on a hair-splitting over wording rather than the intended meaning.
Let me rephrase:
We all have incorrect beliefs. I think you can agree with that, right?
So now, try to name just one of your beliefs that you know is incorrect.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday March 28 2015, @03:13AM
> I don't believe in facts
I feel like you have focused on a hair-splitting over wording rather than the intended meaning.
Let me rephrase:
We all have incorrect beliefs. I think you can agree with that, right?
So now, try to name just one of your beliefs that you know is incorrect.
Fair enough. I believed you weren't a troll. Now I know that belief is incorrect.
Have a lovely day.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 28 2015, @03:40AM
> Fair enough. I believed you weren't a troll. Now I know that belief is incorrect.
I am disappointed to see the proof of my point in your exhibition of cognitive dissonance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 28 2015, @01:42PM
I don't believe in facts. Facts are facts. Either it's a fact or it's not. If it's a fact, then there's evidence for it and can be proven. No belief is required.
If it can't be documented and/or proven, it's not a fact. Then it's a hypothesis or an opinion. Not a fact.
Actually you do believe in facts. Not to get all epistemological on you, but everything we know is just an opinion. We all have thresholds for evidence that will give us confidence in the accuracy of our opinions. And those thresholds are a place where bias manifests. People typically have lower thresholds for opinions that confirm their beliefs.
(Score: 2) by jbWolf on Saturday March 28 2015, @04:43AM
I'm confused... are you leaning towards showering more often or not at all?
In all seriousness: I look forward to you, cmn32480, and CoolHand on the team. Welcome all!
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