A recent post has encouraged this new thread:
Some time ago there was an article in the Ottawa Citizen. I’m no expert in this area but I think it was an example of applied Chaos Theory.
A ship was lost at sea. They got a bunch of scientists together and had them find the most likely current position of the ship. Some worked as a group the others worked independently. Having statistically combined the results of the independent scientists they found that the statistically combined result was significantly more accurate then each individual’s result and much more accurate than the result of those scientists working as a group.
On this board we have very much a chaotic state - a bunch of individuals, a bunch of individuals who seem to collude, and a bunch who make a habit of agreeing with each other because they fear the angry repercussion of the other “credible” individuals. In my opinion those of you who seem to collude and those of you who are so quick to agree with each other lack credibility. Those of you who are defined as credible have something to lose. You can lose your credibility. As soon as you have something to lose any related opinion you express is biased.
On this board, none of us can truly know the character of each individual. Therefore we must not rely on character as a determining factor. Furthermore it is very wrong to conclude that there is a direct reltionship between post count and character.
We need to rely on statistics – numbers. We want as many independent individual’s opinions as possible where each individual MUST feel free to express their opinion. From there we must rely on each other’s intelligence to read as many independent opinions as possible to produce a result that is suitable for the potential client. The more opinions we have the easier it is to eliminate those opinions which are inconsistent.
Any other approach I think is unfair to both the client and the provider.
Some time ago there was an article in the Ottawa Citizen. I’m no expert in this area but I think it was an example of applied Chaos Theory.
A ship was lost at sea. They got a bunch of scientists together and had them find the most likely current position of the ship. Some worked as a group the others worked independently. Having statistically combined the results of the independent scientists they found that the statistically combined result was significantly more accurate then each individual’s result and much more accurate than the result of those scientists working as a group.
On this board we have very much a chaotic state - a bunch of individuals, a bunch of individuals who seem to collude, and a bunch who make a habit of agreeing with each other because they fear the angry repercussion of the other “credible” individuals. In my opinion those of you who seem to collude and those of you who are so quick to agree with each other lack credibility. Those of you who are defined as credible have something to lose. You can lose your credibility. As soon as you have something to lose any related opinion you express is biased.
On this board, none of us can truly know the character of each individual. Therefore we must not rely on character as a determining factor. Furthermore it is very wrong to conclude that there is a direct reltionship between post count and character.
We need to rely on statistics – numbers. We want as many independent individual’s opinions as possible where each individual MUST feel free to express their opinion. From there we must rely on each other’s intelligence to read as many independent opinions as possible to produce a result that is suitable for the potential client. The more opinions we have the easier it is to eliminate those opinions which are inconsistent.
Any other approach I think is unfair to both the client and the provider.
