At the very least we would've expected David to let us know that he was having a fascinating private conversation with Alex.
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So...is enough of Skeptiko back that we don't need conspiracy theories or political threads?
Or is that up for discussion still?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
(2017-08-19, 05:22 AM)Laird Wrote: My understanding is that the remaining Skeptiko forums do not support CT or political content (except perhaps for the Shows forum if/when Alex discusses such topics on his podcast). Perhaps, though, David could clarify for us.
If I'm right, then I'd suggest that it's probably the right time for us to wrap up this thread and come to a decision - I don't think there's much for anybody to add. My suggestion would be that somebody rereads the thread and summarises the various possibilities proposed, and that we then set up a poll for folks to choose their preference based on those possibilities, but even better would be if folks think we can negotiate a consensus decision without having to resort to voting. What do you guys think?
Well I think one of the options Jim offered was pretty fair if possible to implement - a private invitation forum for politics. So it doesn't get seen unless people ask to be invited to see the topics?
Is this feasible? I ask b/c it would affect how I vote.
thanks!
Sci
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
I think we have to distinguish between CTs and politics. We should vote/negotiate on both separate topics. Personally I think I would be OK with a subforum inside Other Stuff that relates to CTs, maybe a category a bit larger, but where the understanding is we shouldn't use it to promote political agendas - but perhaps that's impossible. Could be public or private. Maybe something separate purely related to politics but invitation-only. Perhaps both could not appear in "unread posts" so as not to overtaken the "unread posts" menu page.
It perhaps might be helpful yes to summarize the different possibilities.
(This post was last modified: 2017-08-19, 05:50 AM by Ninshub.)
It looks like it might not be necessary to summarise the different possibilities if folks are willing to coalesce around the possibilities that Sci and Ian have laid out in the last two posts. These definitely seem like a good starting point for any consensus. I will investigate the possibility of invitation-only subforums.