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Originally Posted by sjastro
As much as it is against my better judgement for posting here since I have gone from being a regular poster to a lurker, I'm compelled to make a few comments.
Cliques are either deliberately formed, or the description is imposed on others as a form of stereotyping.
Since the Science forum has cropped up in this discussion let me use it as an example.
Being once a regular contributor in the forum evidently turned me into an elitist, a wanker, an arrogant snob, an ineffective communicator and a host of other goodies. Strange the criticisms seemed to be directly related to the obscurity the subject matter being discussed.
Evidently you are a far worse human being discussing quantum physics than say astronomy. 
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...t=84318&page=6
We are all familiar with the evils of various "isms" such as racism and sexism, anti intellectualism regretfully is rife and forms the mechanism of accusing others of forming cliques.
Anyway I will go back to lurking.
Regards
Steven |
Well I think the science forums were pretty cool when Carl, yourself, Craig, Bert, Stephen and the occasional EU crackpot were chatting about stuff that was mostly well over my head but sometimes I did learn some and I really enjoyed going through the various outside links you guys posted. I used to read a lot of the posts and spend a lot of time there. Kind of miss it actually. Sure there were a few heated arguments at times but it always levelled out in the end.
As far as being intimidated by posting in the science forums because the 'level' was too high, well if you don't get it or don't have the tools you don't post there, just read and learn some. Plain and simple. It's a science forum. It shouldn't be moderated right down or downgraded to allow all the kiddies to play in. That's what general chat is for. Same goes for every other forum sections. Beginners, Advanced, Layback, Hardcore geeks, etc... There is enough variety to fit any shoe on IIS.