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Jack Sarfatti

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Jan 21, 1993, 3:14:10 PM1/21/93
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OK, perhaps, insistence on Ph.D. may not be necessary. For example,
Aephraim Steinberg does not yet have his Ph.D. - but he would be well
qualifed to be a moderator. He is definitely competent. He is always
polite and fair in the best spirit of science.

I doubt that men of the stature of Yakir Aharonov, Steven Weinberg etc.
would allow themsevles to be moderated by the present slate of moderators.
If the whole point is to get men of that staure to contribute, then
you must have a prestigious set of moderators. As it is the present fact
is that the moderated conference will be a power trip for Bass et-al.

Cameron Randale Bass

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Jan 21, 1993, 3:54:41 PM1/21/93
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Since things like this have come up before, against my better
judgment I'll respond.

Moderating a Usenet newsgroup is *no* power trip. It
requires substantial continuous work, and there is little return
on the investment of time. One would have to be a complete
idiot to consider moderating a Usenet newsgroup because of the
'power' it offered.

dale bass


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Michael Weiss

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Jan 22, 1993, 5:00:45 AM1/22/93
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In article <C1807...@well.sf.ca.us> sarf...@well.sf.ca.us (Jack
Sarfatti) writes:

I doubt that men of the stature of Yakir Aharonov, Steven Weinberg etc.
would allow themsevles to be moderated by the present slate of moderators.

If the whole point is to get men of that stature to contribute, then


you must have a prestigious set of moderators. As it is the present fact
is that the moderated conference will be a power trip for Bass et-al.


You mean I've missed posts by Yakir Aharonov and Steven Weinberg to the
current unmoderated newgroup? Please repost them, if you've saved copies.

John C. Baez

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Jan 23, 1993, 10:31:53 PM1/23/93
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In article <C1807...@well.sf.ca.us> sarf...@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti) writes:

>I doubt that men of the stature of Yakir Aharonov, Steven Weinberg etc.
>would allow themsevles to be moderated by the present slate of moderators.
>If the whole point is to get men of that staure to contribute, then
>you must have a prestigious set of moderators.

Aharonov, Weinberg et al are too smart to volunteer to moderate a Usenet
newsgroup. The point is to find the best moderators among the set of
people dumb enough to volunteer.


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