tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post115921063997505159..comments2023-10-22T03:45:04.749-05:00Comments on the Constant Observer: Do Citizens Really Need "Gentle Expert Guidance" to Build a Better Online Encyclopedia? (or haven't we lost our virginity yet?)Tish Grierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1159271442937101512006-09-26T06:50:00.000-05:002006-09-26T06:50:00.000-05:00Larry--I have no problem learning from others. I'...Larry--<BR/><BR/>I have no problem <I>learning</I> from others. I've learned a lot over the years from many interesting and different people because I've been open to the process of learning and to their <I>expertise</I>. <BR/><BR/>Were these folks "experts"? Some were--but not by any certification process. They were, and are, considered experts by their communities because their experiece Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1159240760574425902006-09-25T22:19:00.000-05:002006-09-25T22:19:00.000-05:00Tish, I find tut-tutting and self-righteous reques...Tish, I find tut-tutting and self-righteous requests that I speak a particular way itself remarkably condescending. Anyway, you seem to take issue with the facts, not with my manner of expression, if you think that there's something wrong with being (voluntarily) guided, being allowed, and being directed by people. Of course, this happens all the time. It happens in the schoolroom, it happens Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1159229711038837472006-09-25T19:15:00.000-05:002006-09-25T19:15:00.000-05:00Hi Larry...thanks for stopping by...but I will say...Hi Larry...thanks for stopping by...<BR/><BR/>but I will say again that if you'd like to be perceived as one of us regular folks (although that's a super-odd term out here in this world) please stop employing such condescending phraseology as "gentle guidance," "allow" and "under the direction." <BR/><BR/>Realize that folks aren't necessarily going to be happy little people toiling under the Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1159219097256215382006-09-25T16:18:00.000-05:002006-09-25T16:18:00.000-05:00Say, Tish. You could be a bit more charitable wit...Say, Tish. You could be a bit more charitable with me. :-) I <I>am</I> regular people. I was just looking for a word other than "expert." I could have said "non-expert," which I do sometimes use, but doesn't sound as nice as "regular folks." Who doesn't want to be regular folks? Anyway, expertise is relative. I am not really much of an expert even in philosophy, where I have my Ph.D., butAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com