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_ The Jimbo Phenomenon _ Jimbo in the 1990's

Posted by: thekohser

Just a running thread to discover interesting things said by Jimbo, or about Jimbo, from the 1990's.

From the http://groups.google.com/group/talk.philosophy.misc/msg/36e139ec0dec5deb?dmode=source:

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In article <CAKMAx....@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jwa...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
(Jimmy -Jimbo- Wales) writes:

One of the first rules of authentic
discussion and debate is the passionate commitment to leave aside the
"ad hominem" fallacy.

> In article <TORKEL.93Jul22192...@anhur.sics.se> tor...@sics.se (Torkel Franzen) writes:
> This fine sentiment might be more convincing, did you not yourself have
> an unfortunate penchant for quickly resorting to the crudest abuse in
> off-line communication.

Posted by: Detective

If anyone else had put a superfluous apostrophe in a thread title, we'd assume ignorance or carelessness. In Greg's case, it's obviously a test to see who spots it first! biggrin.gif

Posted by: thekohser

From http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2008/09/jimmy_wales?currentPage=2 (Jimbo's first wife, a co-worker of his at a grocery store):

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“To him, altruism was evil,” remembers Pam, who says that Wales therefore discouraged her from pursuing a nursing degree when they were married. “His whole ‘Mr. Save the World’ is so contrary to what he said every day for seven years.”

Posted by: thekohser

QUOTE(Detective @ Mon 10th October 2011, 10:57am) *

If anyone else had put a superfluous apostrophe in a thread title, we'd assume ignorance or carelessness. In Greg's case, it's obviously a test to see who spots it first! biggrin.gif

Just following the standard of The New York Times, up until http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/business/media/19asktheeditors.html?ei=5070&en=ecbdc5f0de1f6519&ex=1175832000&pagewanted=all came along.

Posted by: tarantino

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22jimmy+wales%22+site%3Asl4.org that discusses transhumanism and the Singularity.

I also have an archive of his blog from 2002-2003. He later deleted it when he reinvented his public persona. His current blog only goes back to October 2004.