Jimbo in the 1990's Options

[thekohser]

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

From the talk.philosophy.misc mailing list:

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.

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[thekohser]

From the former Pam Wales (Jimbo's first wife, a co-worker of his at a grocery store):

“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.”