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Comment on Apple. A new Product. Shhhh. by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:34:16 +0000

Hopefully your imac will sell so you can buy the new spiffy one. Apple is very poopy for releasing a new one so soon.

Comment on Web Brains by Jase

Jase — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:22:10 +0000

I have to say I’m tired of the “Oh, you can’t trust anything on the internet” brigade. Especially the “You can’t trust wikipedia” tools. Sure you can’t be certain that the information read on Wikipedia is correct. But neither can you be certain that the information you read in the Encyclopedia Brittanica is correct!

I mean, apart from the fact that you pay lots for one, and you don’t pay for another, what makes the Britannica so authoritative? I’ve discussed this with some people who say “oh, cause it’s peered reviewed”. Which is fine, I mean that’s the scientific method of doing things. But here’s the trick. WHO peer reviews the Encyclopedia Britannica? As far as you or I know, it could be a bunch of primary school children. Sure they’re probably highly respected professionals. But certainly you or I have no idea about who they are, or whether they are really qualified to “peer review” anything at all.

Who peer reviews Wikipedia? You and I and everyone who uses it. That may not make it more accurate, but it does one very important thing that the Britannica doesn’t. It makes _us_ critics and it makes _us_ peer reviewers.

So it democratises the job of critically examining information. Instead of blindly reading it and thinking “oh, it’s the Encyclopedia Britannica, it must be right”, instead we review it with the idea in mind that… … it may actually be wrong, and we have to use our own mental capacity to determine whether or not it’s likely to be wrong. The alternative is to pass our critical judgement on to someone else.

Give me Wikipedia anyday.

Jason

Comment on Girlfriend: “Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe” by admin

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:22:24 +0000

Not at all Alexandre! I haven’t really had any problems, some rude people that bump into my friends or myself. I posted this only from what i see around me, and others sparking up at others!

Comment on Girlfriend: “Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe” by Alexandre de Oliveira

Alexandre de Oliveira — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:17:55 +0000

I enjoyed your honestness.

But honestly, I think someone over here has got punched by some girlfriend’s boyfriend these days hehe

Comment on Live In The Real Realm Child by Adam

Adam — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:16:37 +0000

It is by some Jase. There are even clinic programs to re-socialise the affected, though I think it pays to be cynical about the medicalisation of yet another behaviour that drives massive revenue streams in the medical industry’s direction.