I expect that I've posted this before. But still, my favorite contribution to this topic is here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070609085706/http://www.sm.luth.se/~torkel/eget/net.html On 02/21/2018 11:26 AM, Steven A Smith wrote: > In my last contribution to the EvoPsych thread I referenced the following > paper: > > https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-american-philosophical-association/article/aristotle-on-trolling/540BB557C82186C33BFFB61E35A0B5B6/core-reader > > and accused him of "Socratic Trolling". I of course, meant that in the > kindest of ways. > > From the Excerpt: [...] > > > I have long been aware that what we often call "trolls" can be beneficial to > a group, and appreciate the description provided above. I have seen very > little *if any* real (destructive?) trolling on this list which I believe > remains > 600 strong despite the vocal subset only being roughly a few dozen. > > I also wonder at the relation between a "Troll" and a "Trickster > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster>"... where the Trickster is credited > with having both secret knowledge and even sometimes powers. The Trickster > is more ambiguous in his/her good/evil role, but the above description of the > possibilities within a Troll suggests that a Troll might well have an aspect > of Trickster built in. The most obvious shared feature is the ambiguity of > in-group/out-group status... which is one of the things that defines a > Shaman. In all cases, one must be "insider" enough to understand the > in-group well enough to be relevant but "outsider" enough to be capable of > having enough perspective and motivation to operate outside of the group > norms. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
