tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4979641496108496269..comments2024-03-28T13:12:56.957-05:00Comments on Althouse: Really weird seaweed.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18882185360948534932012-08-06T16:29:24.806-05:002012-08-06T16:29:24.806-05:00the hivemind will coalesce on the most agreeable a...<i> the hivemind will coalesce on the most agreeable answers and efficiently suppress any dissidence through the voting process.</i><br /><br />No, kidding. See /r/politics for the hivemind at work. No independent thought allowed.<br /><br />/r/insects/ is pretty helpful if you want to identify an insect.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754684233296448192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29000803384849652682012-08-06T15:12:51.530-05:002012-08-06T15:12:51.530-05:00If we got everyone in a room together, there would...If we got everyone in a room together, there would be only one toilet. With 2 women in it.<br /><br />Sorry, the visual was funnier in my head.Carnifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561390087899686588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22453250626589451392012-08-06T15:04:42.476-05:002012-08-06T15:04:42.476-05:00When everyone in the world is in a room together, ...<i>When everyone in the world is in a room together, all known answers to all solved questions can be given without pause<br /><br /></i>Paladorian thinking doesn't require them to be in the same room.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61094715761417227152012-08-06T14:55:31.613-05:002012-08-06T14:55:31.613-05:00I thought it was pretty.I thought it was pretty.wyo sishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985513448269574373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65123017116333208662012-08-06T14:45:51.929-05:002012-08-06T14:45:51.929-05:00While it can be that true that "all known ans...While it can be that true that "all known answers to all solved questions can be given without pause", the real pitfall of Reddit is what's been termed "Hiveminding". Specifically it's kind of like a path of least resistance when discussing more subjective/interpretive topics, the hivemind will coalesce on the most agreeable answers and efficiently suppress any dissidence through the voting process.Nonapodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784387367088689624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17537704438543505002012-08-06T14:35:26.763-05:002012-08-06T14:35:26.763-05:00Yes, but does it come in yellow, too?Yes, but does it come in yellow, too?edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6034936569295044412012-08-06T14:34:07.100-05:002012-08-06T14:34:07.100-05:00"When everyone in the world is in a room toge..."When everyone in the world is in a room together, all known answers to all solved questions can be given without pause."<br /><br />But then one guy cuts the cheese and it's WWIII.Rabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612585516401001803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12735612900143807942012-08-06T14:25:02.611-05:002012-08-06T14:25:02.611-05:00"When everyone in the world is in a room toge..."When everyone in the world is in a room together, all known answers to all solved questions can be given without pause."<br /><br />Note how easy it is to skip opportunity cost, the bias of action over inaction. Let's say it takes 1 minute to read and anser. Then in the hypothetical over 6 billion human-minutes are wasted without a thought given to it, roughly 11.5 thousand years.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90463626152345345452012-08-06T14:15:03.999-05:002012-08-06T14:15:03.999-05:00I've had a shirt with that pattern in the 70&#...I've had a shirt with that pattern in the 70's.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15978b.html" rel="nofollow">Even cooler photo here</a>Rabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612585516401001803noreply@blogger.com