Re: A new math usenet group

pubkeybreaker <pubkeybreaker@xxxxxxx> writes:
On Aug 19, 4:26 am, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demun...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Bart Goddard <goddar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Herman Jurjus <hjur...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:4a8935c9$0$1654$703f8584
@textnews.kpn.nl:

Right.  I think it's a fundamental point that we'd reject posts,
not people.  Any butthead who follows the guidelines gets
approved.  

Imho, not even weird ideas should be rejected.

So far, there's only two and a half things the concensus agrees
to reject:  1.  Spam.  2.  Venom.  2.5.  Overly-repetitive.

Any filter which doesn't remove idiocy simply isn't worth implementing.

I disagree. Those who are interested and willing to learn CAN learn
from seeing a bit of nonsense get debunked.

We should only ban repetitive nonsense.

You appear to have interpreted my statement as saying that anything
which is wrong should not be propagated. I have not said that at all.
Idiocy goes deeper than just being wrong - repetitivity and the
inability to learn are sure signs too.

But I certainly think that nonsense that's "not even wrong" has no
place on a moderated group.

Phil
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