[WikiEN-l] Exit Interview -- Jon Awbrey

Tue Jun 20 04:48:14 UTC 2006

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yes, but riddle me this:

| how many knees could a knee jerk jerk
| if a knee jerk could jerk knees?

jon awbrey

Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> 
> Jon Awbrey wrote:
> <snip>
> > If you have heard this before, then
> > you should think about the fact
> > that you keep hearing it.
> >
> 
> From [[WP:RAUL]]...
> 
> Extreme Unction's first law: If enough people act independently towards
> the same goal, the end result is indistinguishable from a conspiracy.
> 
> Corollary: In any sufficiently large social endeavor, there will always
> be some subset of people who fail to understand this, and who will see
> conspiracies and cabals around every corner whenever their views fall
> into the minority.
> 
> Corollary: As the number of people who independently conclude that
> someone is a disruptive jerk increases, the likelihood of that person
> actually being a positive, constructive contributor who's merely run
> afoul of the "ruling elite" decreases. Not that there was ever a big
> chance of that to begin with.
> 
> Corollary: The people who most need to understand this law and its
> corollaries never will.
> 
> --
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