The Wikipedia Review: A forum for discussion and criticism of Wikipedia
Wikipedia Review Op-Ed Pages

Welcome, Guest! ( Log In | Register )

> Wiki-Induced Kognitive Insufficiency (WIKI), Enough Symptomatics! What Is The Cause?
Rating  5
Jonny Cache
post Mon 3rd March 2008, 2:00pm
Post #1


τα δε μοι παθήματα μαθήματα γέγονε
*********

Group: Contributors
Posts: 5,100
Joined: Sat 9th Sep 2006, 1:52am
Member No.: 398

WP user page - talk
check - contribs


"In order to learn you must desire to learn …"

"Ay, there's the rub …"

What is it, then, about Wikipedia, if not indeed about the whole wiki paradigm, that is proving to be such a massive failure in promoting the sharing of information, learning, knowledge, wisdom, all that good stuff — at least once that critical threshold is passed, in the direction of increasingly uncritical thought?

Well, I know the dynamics of our own sweet Etopia well enough to know that nothing so meditative will compete with the Main Distraction on the Midway this week … or the next … but I thought I might leave this note to self, just in case things get dull toward the Ides.

P.S. I was going to call it Wiki-Induced Learning Disorder but the acronym WILD might have made it sound like a good thing.

Jonny cool.gif

This post has been edited by Jonny Cache: Mon 3rd March 2008, 2:01pm
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
Kato   A simple answer could be that the software discour...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 2:16pm
Jonny Cache   A simple answer could be that the software discou...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 2:54pm
whatever   People don't collaborate well. Especially not ...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 2:27pm
Jonny Cache   People don't collaborate well. Especially not...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 3:49pm
whatever   I understand the wish of many to deny what's ...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 10:52pm
Jonny Cache   I understand the wish of many to deny what's...   Tue 4th March 2008, 9:28pm
D.A.F.   People don't collaborate well. Especially not...   Tue 4th March 2008, 9:32pm
Jonny Cache   [quote name='whatever' post='82956' date='Mon 3rd...   Tue 4th March 2008, 9:57pm
AB   Yes, but what are the [i]specific features of Wik...   Tue 4th March 2008, 10:18pm
Moulton   Wikipedia doesn't define itself as a Learning ...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 5:32pm
Jonny Cache   Wikipedia doesn't define itself as a Learning...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 5:55pm
Moulton   Yes, a Learning Organization (in the sense of Pete...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 6:17pm
Jonny Cache   Yes, a Learning Organization (in the sense of Pet...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 6:41pm
AB   What is it, then, about Wikipedia, if not indeed ...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 7:06pm
Jonny Cache   [quote name='Jonny Cache' post='82950' date='Mon ...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 7:32pm
AB   As for the rest, it is not so much the moral fall...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 7:39pm
Jonny Cache   As for the rest, it is not so much the moral fal...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 7:48pm
AB   Supposing that smearing, defamation, privacy viol...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 7:57pm
Jonny Cache   Supposing that smearing, defamation, privacy vio...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 8:16pm
AB   [quote name='AB' post='83033' date='Mon 3rd March...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 8:23pm
Jonny Cache   Repeating the lead, just in case anyone was intere...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 8:57pm
Kato   Repeating the lead, just in case anyone was inter...   Mon 3rd March 2008, 10:51pm
AB   Try and think of a hypothetical scenario. Imagine...   Tue 4th March 2008, 2:40am
dogbiscuit   Try and think of a hypothetical scenario. Imagin...   Tue 4th March 2008, 8:05am
Jonny Cache   Repeating the lead, just in case anyone was inte...   Tue 4th March 2008, 3:45am
Moulton   As soon as you have two or more characters, you ha...   Tue 4th March 2008, 8:08am
Kato   As soon as you have two or more characters, you h...   Tue 4th March 2008, 8:13am
Moulton   See? Just another variation on the generic vexago...   Tue 4th March 2008, 12:39pm
Jonny Cache   Before I recount a few real life, er, wiki-½-life...   Tue 4th March 2008, 1:13pm
Moulton   1. Anonymity. 2. Lack of a functional social co...   Tue 4th March 2008, 10:04pm
Jonny Cache   1. Anonymity. 2. Lack of a functional social c...   Tue 4th March 2008, 10:36pm
D.A.F.   2. Wikipartisans would probably say they have a s...   Tue 4th March 2008, 11:08pm
D.A.F.   1. Anonymity. 2. Lack of a functional social c...   Tue 4th March 2008, 10:53pm
Jonny Cache   Anonymity does have a place, its place is everywh...   Tue 4th March 2008, 11:01pm
D.A.F.   Anonymity does have a place, its place is everyw...   Tue 4th March 2008, 11:21pm
Jonny Cache   [quote name='Jonny Cache' post='83413' date='Tue ...   Wed 5th March 2008, 3:29am
D.A.F.   I don't think you carefully read to what you h...   Wed 5th March 2008, 3:35am
Moulton   Overshadowing those two factors is a lamentable la...   Tue 4th March 2008, 10:51pm
Docknell   "In order to learn you must desire to learn ...   Wed 5th March 2008, 1:21am
Jonny Cache   Blue-skying may be fine in the early years, but an...   Wed 5th March 2008, 3:54am
Kato   Blue-skying may be fine in the early years, but a...   Wed 5th March 2008, 1:23pm
Jonny Cache   Blue-skying may be fine in the early years, but ...   Wed 5th March 2008, 1:30pm
Moulton   There is no question that the erratic governance a...   Wed 5th March 2008, 12:39pm
Moulton   [size=3][url=http://ultra.musenet.org:8020/media/W...   Wed 5th March 2008, 1:49pm
Kato   Good post Moulton   Wed 5th March 2008, 3:43pm
Jonny Cache   Good post Moulton Yup, it's such a good pos...   Wed 5th March 2008, 4:00pm
Moulton   That 5-stage model is due to Professor Rene Girard...   Wed 5th March 2008, 4:13pm
Jonny Cache   That 5-stage model is due to Professor Rene Girar...   Wed 5th March 2008, 7:42pm
AB   The mission — and nothing says you have to acce...   Wed 5th March 2008, 8:39pm
Jonny Cache   [quote name='Jonny Cache' post='83725' date='Wed ...   Thu 6th March 2008, 1:30pm
AB   [quote name='Jonny Cache' post='83725' date='Wed...   Thu 6th March 2008, 4:21pm
Moulton   Your call for causes of an effect on the human psy...   Wed 5th March 2008, 7:59pm
Jonny Cache   Your call for causes of an effect on the human ps...   Wed 5th March 2008, 8:18pm
Milton Roe   Some of us already accept the idea that anonymity...   Wed 5th March 2008, 8:43pm
Jonny Cache   [quote name='Jonny Cache' post='83730' date='Wed ...   Wed 5th March 2008, 9:12pm
Jon Awbrey   Recycling De Cache … Jon B) [quote name='Jon...   Mon 9th June 2008, 6:02pm
AB   For women with any paranoia at all, it plays into...   Thu 6th March 2008, 12:29am
The Joy   I just don't picture WP as a learning communit...   Thu 6th March 2008, 12:42am
Docknell   I just don't picture WP as a learning communi...   Thu 6th March 2008, 1:27am
Moulton   Wikipedia is a wonderful place to make the acquain...   Thu 6th March 2008, 1:51am
Kato   This blog posting deals with this topic somewhat ...   Thu 6th March 2008, 4:13am
Somey   (dammit I really think we need a "crows nest...   Thu 6th March 2008, 7:32am
Jonny Cache   This blog posting deals with this topic somewhat ...   Thu 6th March 2008, 3:56pm
Moulton   The drive to punish transgressors is one of those ...   Thu 6th March 2008, 7:00am
D.A.F.   The drive to punish transgressors is one of those...   Thu 6th March 2008, 4:44pm
whatever   Okay, third time may be the charm. So anonymity s...   Thu 6th March 2008, 2:13pm
Moulton   [b][url=http://underground.musenet.org:8080/utnebu...   Mon 9th June 2008, 7:34pm
Jon Awbrey   "In order to learn you must desire to learn ...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 5:32pm

 

Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

-   Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 22nd 5 13, 8:21pm