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This would allow me to filter them out to avoid stumbling across
ideas that go right over my head and make me feel stupid and
inadequate.
Alternatively they could be filtered in for the better educated
bakers.
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Or just filter out the Bakers who most frequently post highly
technical and/or scientific content. But can't you usually tell by
the title? But what the heck, I'll give this a bun. [+] |
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The "scientific content" tag would be hard to append. To some, a display is black magic. Other's here are on the edge of rocket science or biotech advances. |
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// make me feel stupid and inadequate // |
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But that's the usual motivation for posting the ideas ... |
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Is it so bad to run the risk of learning something? [-] |
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It depends whether it conflicts with what you already know. |
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I like a certain level of science, but often read half an idea
only to realise I understand less than 50% of the words.
That tends to hinder the learning process! (This is not a
criticism of those ideas BTW). |
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Mike, that's exactly the reason I have Dictionary.com at the top
of my Favorites list. |
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Of course what you really need is a Mind Horizon Profile value. |
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I love wading into an idea and annos that I know I'm not going to fully understand. |
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[2fries], you got it. I enjoy reading over my head and parsing what I can of it. |
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I sympathise [MikeOliver]. The issue is not 'scientific content' though. It is the author that has failed to hit the target audience. |
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There are some, well... one, 'baker who posts scientific-sounding gobbledygook regularly. I simply filtered it out of my HB view because I found the crap it posted intensely irritating. |
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That intense irritation is the feeling of your brain growing stronger. |
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Really? I thought it was merely me being disagreeable and hating dickheads wherever I find them. |
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There's certainly a selection of science fanboys* present
(where the suffix 'boys' might also be used in reference
to women, thus sorting the men from the boys as far as
the girls are concerned). Maybe I'm one of them (I'd say
I'm veering more into philosophy fanboy territory though
- I like my science comprehensible.) |
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I'm with UB. I think you are allowing the crazies to intimidate you, but tagging is an interesting idea. + |
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I think there's a difference between crazy and scifi-type, conspiracy theorist, Turing-bot nutter. |
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// There are some, well... one, 'baker who posts
scientific-sounding gobbledygook regularly. I simply filtered it
out of my HB view because I found the crap it posted intensely
irritating.//
Yeah, thanks for reminding me about b-------l. Done |
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