[extropy-chat] NPOV

[Bret Kulakovich]

It's not popping up, it was great that you brought it into the list,  
particularly at this point in time. So the mention here is  
intentional, and I think we need to deeply consider NPOV as a basis  
for certain discussion on this list. I appreciate the respect for  
freedom to post on whatever topic we want on Extropy-Chat, and that  
the moderators leave well enough alone.

Of course my posting, wasn't really NPOV - but perhaps NPOV when  
compared to the passion on this list in this topic in the past weeks.  
In regard to NPOV, I believe I can establish backing for the facts  
stated in my post, though not the speculations which I am looking to  
share and discuss, if anyone is interested.

As for the subject of the post itself, I find it hard to believe that  
with the intellectual width and breadth this list has, that we cannot  
discuss this topic at a higher level. I am offering some thoughts on  
the macro view, which is imho much more plausible then any of the  
inhumanities churned out by either political party, the media, and so  
forth.



Where it is true that we identify more strongly with our 'tribe' as  
indicated in previous threads and their postings, we should keep in  
mind that the level of socialization this represents is imprinted at  
the earliest stages of development. This in turn can lead to that  
level of dialogue.


Thanks again Adrian,

]3

ps - Guns, Germs & Steel is on PBS tonight. If it is even half as  
good as the book, it should be worth a Tivo.


On Jul 11, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Adrian Tymes wrote:

> --- Bret Kulakovich <bret at bonfireproductions.com> wrote:
>
>> To keep the NPOV
>> as it were.
>>
>
> I am slightly amused, and slightly concerned, to see the term "NPOV"
> popping up on this list, after I posted a definition of it here not  
> too
> long ago.  :)
>
> NPOV is something that the Wikipedia project has defined as a subgoal,
> to help its goal of being an online encyclopedia.  Is there a call for
> its use in stating facts here, at least as a guideline and in certain
> types of debates (i.e., in efforts to first establish mutually
> acceptable sets of facts, given as one of the problems of debate is
> often that both sides use good logic but reason from completely
> different and somewhat contradictory sets of facts)?
>
> Mostly just curious here.
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