Ok, so in the sense of "Conspiration Theory" I use the word "theory" in the way scientists use the word "thesis", maybe I should start to call "conspiration theories" for "conspiration thesis", but than nobody would understand that I mean "conspiration theory". It is not my fault the word theory have been misquoted in so many regular expressions.
A On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:03 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]>wrote: > I think that you and I are using different definitions of "theory". I am > using the scientific definition of theory, "an explanation of how a group of > facts relate to each other". A theory, using that definition, continues to > exist even once it has been proven. You are using the colloquial definition > of theory, "unproven speculation". Using either definition, forbidding > discussion of a conspiracy theory could mean that a real conspiracy would be > allowed to continue. However, I do agree that discussion of conspiracy > theories has the potential to swamp a discussion forum, such as this mailing > list. > > -------Original Email------- > Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL & Moderation > From :mailto:[email protected] > Date :Mon Aug 16 01:50:39 America/Chicago 2010 > > > If you can back your claim of conspiracy by some sort of evidence than we > can conclude that it is not a theory anymore, independent if it is a realy > conspiracy or not. It is easy to say something in the line of "FBI plotted > to assassinate JFK", but to prove it is harder, independente if they did or > not. > > A > > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:56 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > wrote: > However, should someone uncover a real conspiracy, any attempt to reveal > it to others would be discussion of a conspiracy theory, and therefore > forbidden. "Theory" does not mean "nonexistent"; the fact that the theory > of gravity exists does not mean that gravity does not exist. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (Pierre-Alain Dorange) > Sender: [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:31:36 > To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL & Moderation > > M?rtin Koppenhoefer <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > > • No conspiracy theories > > ... > > > > could this be amended by "unless there is a real conspiracy"? > > Otherwise our hands might be tied in case there is a conspiracy. > > "no conspiracy theories" seems clear. > A real conspiracy is not a theory. "conspiracy theories" are always > trolls > > -- > Pierre-Alain Dorange > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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