IF your contention indeed holds true - psychologies and social workers are
under represented-- what are the implications you see for the development
of online forums? I would suspect that educators - being people oriented -
would have some parallel concerns.
Laurie
At 6:20 AM -0500 9/24/97, Jack Lochhead wrote:
> Subject: Time: 11:07 AM
> OFFICE MEMO Trusting Nature Date: 9/24/97
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>Laurie's point is very interesting. We don't need to worry about trusting
>inanimate things (like the weather) (and of course naked people) but must be
>more careful with people (who have their clothes on). This makes good sense
>to me but I wonder if it holds up when put to the test. It seems this theory
>would predict that psychologists and social workers would be way under
>represented in email discussion groups. Is this true? I do not have the
>vaguest idea. Does any one see how to refine this kind of test and then how
>to collect data to confirm or refute it? Results might have a profound
>influence on how we go about developing electronic communication systems.
>Someone at BBN ought to care about this.
>
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