On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 08:13:08AM -0500, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:26:39 +0100, you wrote:
I hope these people don´t have any important positions in the community, because I´d hate to rely on people who jump to conclusions without having any hard facts to rely on. I myself have worked as a project manager and a system developer amongst other things, and I have to say that keeping your head cool and being willing to research claims/news/"so called facts" saves your day!
Just my $0.02 of worth...
You're expecting people to be rational? What's the weather like on your planet?
I realized long ago that if you get a randomly chosen group of 100 people together and tell them a rumor (make certain that you tell them that it's a rumor - repeat the disclaimer a few times if you like) - 99 of them will believe it. Of that 99, 45 of them will be in favor, 45 will be against, 8 will be undecided, and 1 will think that it's a government conspiracy.
If the 100th person suggests waiting for further information or suggests trying to confirm it, the other 99 will immediately attack.
Personally, I'm frequently embarrassed to be a human. If there is intelligent life in the universe, it's not here.
Be careful I said that and some guy took huge offense to it and started flaming the crap out of me for saying pretty much what you just said. And he "worked for SUSE so he knows waaaaaay better than me". *Sigh*.
Mike-
-Allen
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