Ben, et al,
A proposed solution:
How about some rules on the composition of the first lines of postings, e.g.
if it has to do with Open Cog, then OpenCog should be on the subject line.
If someone is disparaging someone else, then put disparage on the first
line, etc. My postings are often about
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your message. It is good to get
contributions on these META themes from individuals who are *not*
among the 5-10% of list members who frequently post.
If any other lurkers or semi-lurkers have opinions on these META
issues, I and others would be interested
AGI list,
What I see in most of these e-mail list discussions is people with very
diversified backgrounds, cultures, ideas, failing to understand each other.
What people should remember is that e-mail is not even close to a complete
communication medium. By its definition, you are going to miss
Harry --
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your message. It is good to get
contributions on these META themes from individuals who are *not* among the
5-10% of list members who frequently post.
If any other lurkers or semi-lurkers have opinions on these META issues, I
and others would be
I have seen very good and productive threads on this list, but they tend to
be the exception. Hence I mostly just delete the items from the list, and
follow the occasional thread that looks interesting or involves people who
have posted more reasonable items in the past
Yeah, that is typically
The function you're describing as being carried out by an FAQ, would be
served by a forum similar to the ImmInst fora, actually.
ben
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Joseph Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have seen very good and productive threads on this list, but they tend
to be the
Seems reasonable to me.
Honestly, it should be up to those proposing their theory to explain it in
full detail off-list and then link to it for discussion. But... it seems
things are re-explained time after time. If they were properly explained
somewhere appropriate I would think they would be
So far I've been in favor of mailing lists, because of their:
- push rather than pull mechanism (all news in one reader)
- filtering and/or threading (client-side)
Arguably, threading (by subject lines), provided to me by gmail, is
short-spanned, and forums share with wikis some of the top-down
Well, even though there was bloodshed, Edward was right on slamming Richard
on the complex systems issue. This issue needs to be vetted, sorted out,
either laid to rest or incorporated into other's ideas. Perhaps in some of
the scientist's minds it has been laid to rest. In my mind it is there,
