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On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:59:48 +0100 |
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Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote: |
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> Tom Wijsman wrote: |
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> > I'd say that if around 7 people vote on the matter that that is |
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> > based on a necessary amount of understanding. |
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> That is just incredibly naïve. |
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> In another project five people reviewed an experimental change |
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> written by me that someone else proposed for inclusion into the |
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> project without my knowledge or consent. |
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> Not a single person thought to communicate with me about the change |
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> and not a single person realized that there were enormous fundamental |
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> problems with the change. (Why *I* hadn't proposed it for inclusion.) |
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> In history lessons you may have learned about majorities of |
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> populations supporting something the same individuals consider a |
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> pretty darn bad idea in hindsight, but which they were unable to |
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> decide on correctly at the time. |
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> You need to learn to respect what you don't know that you don't know. |
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Or you apply knowledge codification and mark it as experimental. |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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E-mail address : TomWij@g.o |
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