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flamestar
Dec 30, 2007, 1:46:23 PM12/30/07
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Apparently a 17 year old kid with the name rasorflame has gained
insider status at Wikipedia and is publishing all sorts of nonsense
and nothing can be done. Wikipedia says it removes articles that are
not referenced but that is not true in this case.
Reward and punishment
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Reward and punishment is the idea that people perform better when
offered rewards, or when threatened with punishment. Both ideas are
now generally believed wrong in psychology although they persist in
many kinds of politics, especially those based on hate, specifically
"punishing bad people" to create fear of being considered such a bad
person.
Regression towards the mean is one explanation of why people believe
"punishment works" when it provably does not: after a good
performance, the next performance is most likely to be worse. A reward
is not likely to make someone able to perform much better than their
current best, so, rewards appear not to work. However, after a bad
performance, the next performance is most likely to be better. Thus
punishment will be perceived to work, even if the better performance
has nothing to do with it and it is simply a "more average"
performance.
People who do not understand, or claim not to understand, this, are
common in political life, but they have no credibility at this point,
and stems from a pain and pleasure view of self.
insider status at Wikipedia and is publishing all sorts of nonsense
and nothing can be done. Wikipedia says it removes articles that are
not referenced but that is not true in this case.
Reward and punishment
From Simple English Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia that anyone can
change
Jump to: navigation, search
Reward and punishment is the idea that people perform better when
offered rewards, or when threatened with punishment. Both ideas are
now generally believed wrong in psychology although they persist in
many kinds of politics, especially those based on hate, specifically
"punishing bad people" to create fear of being considered such a bad
person.
Regression towards the mean is one explanation of why people believe
"punishment works" when it provably does not: after a good
performance, the next performance is most likely to be worse. A reward
is not likely to make someone able to perform much better than their
current best, so, rewards appear not to work. However, after a bad
performance, the next performance is most likely to be better. Thus
punishment will be perceived to work, even if the better performance
has nothing to do with it and it is simply a "more average"
performance.
People who do not understand, or claim not to understand, this, are
common in political life, but they have no credibility at this point,
and stems from a pain and pleasure view of self.
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evilkn...@gmail.com
Jan 19, 2008, 8:42:21 AM1/19/08
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> Submissions are acknowledged automatically.
Wikipedia is often wrong though. I dunno about other colleges but in
UL were not allowed use Wikipedia for help with essay and project work
because of its unreliability. Its always easier to just steer clear of
it
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