-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > toddmallen wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Philip Sandifer wrote: >> >>> On Jan 10, 2009, at 2:11 PM, toddmallen wrote: >>> >>>> He might also choose to blog about his dog. That doesn't mean we >>>> should have an article on that either. >>>> >>> If his dog were an online game, i.e. his area of expertise, then yes, >>> his blogging about it would mean that. Or at least, be a good sign of >>> that. >>> >> Not really sure that holds water either. If it were an expert dog >> trainer blogging about their dog, that still wouldn't really be a >> reason for an article on that dog. >> >> Fact-checking and publication by someone other than oneself are >> required for good reason. >> > Maybe the dog is acknowledged expert in beta testing video games > designed for dogs. By limiting electronic transmissions to data that > can be heard or seen we show our human bias in this medium. > Transmission of olfactory sensations could revolutionize the way that > dogs communicate on the internet. > > Ec
The fundamental problem here is one of verifiability. Perhaps the dog is really a dog, but how can we be sure? On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog. - -- gwern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREKAAYFAklpakEACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oKGLgCfetcl6kIHm1v6DU66ZVJJr98J w5oAn3dCuWiNOKoVFlcSpmiHAJ/1/Q5b =oB2/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
