General Discussion Of Moderation Procedures (aka 'The Whine List')

I wasn't intending to 'stalk'. I thought it was fun. I hoped the would help indicate I wasn't being spiteful in some way. I disagree. I was musing that the guy in the comic was wagering on a negative hypothesis for which he had no evidence with regards in specifics to the potential FTL neutrino news. It was about the comic that you posted. I didn't realize I was misrepresenting anything or anyone, or that I was saying anything all that contentious. My apologies. My understanding of pseudoskeptics was that when a result comes up that suggests psychic powers, they write off the result with a negative theory for which they have no evidence.

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Truzzi considered most skeptics to be pseudoskeptics, a term he coined to describe those who assume an occult or paranormal claim is false without bothering to investigate it.

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That seemed to be what the guy in the comic was doing with a physics result rather than a psychic result. Again, apologies if you felt I was harassing you for answers or trying to drag you into an irrelevant debate. Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.

I think clarification is needed on recent moderator actions. Phat moved Unpaid Work For The Unemployed to Free For All in Message 236. I would have thought this meant we were largely free to behave like uncivil animals at one another within legal limits.However Percy has posted a moderator request to stop talking about 'perceived problems' in Message 241. I think there's a fair probability that crashfrog will want to respond to the lies he believes I am telling in my posts to him, so it would be wise to get that matter clarified before he starts writing his response out.So which wins out, Percy's request or the Free For All philosophy?Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.

I'm happy to avoid moderation while the discussion remains legal, which I anticipate.