Incentives create self organizing systems that can do amazing things. There is no instinct to ignore facts.
Its all about incentives. That's why my reaction to P&F's announcement was this <http://oocities.com/jim_bowery/BussardsLetter.html>. On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Alain Sepeda <alain.sep...@gmail.com>wrote: > Not so good for us. > > The inquisitors that block LENr feel they have a sacred mission to protect > the population from manipulation and herery... > > they will became even more fanatic. > > I'm not too much afraid about greedy people, because they are a little > rational, more about honest closed minds. > > The Roland Benabou groupthink model insnot based on greedyness but on the > insticitive method to ignore facts when someone put your beliefs assets in > danger... > > > > > 2012/9/19 MarkI-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net> > >> FYI:**** >> >> >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/ >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> …and this is probably more common than we think:**** >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19527797**** >> >> ** ** >> >> As with anything on the net, if you want ALL the facts, you need to visit >> a number of sites which are discussing a given issue and use them as a kind >> of ‘debate’, where each site has its own slant. Reading the comment >> section can also be quite helpful…**** >> >> **** >> >> -Mark Iverson**** >> >> ** ** >> > >
