SD&D Intent and Goals
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:06 am
Civil discourse and debate are essentials of a free and civil society and any community. Use of intellectually dishonest tactics and ad homonym rhetoric detract from a community’s ability to advance and grow. Because of the political rhetoric flooding the news over healthcare, economy and global warming it is becoming more important than ever to understand how to reason, recognize clear thinking and debate civilly. With the coming of Myst Online Open Uru the fan community is mirroring RL stresses and problems as it strives to grow to something beyond MOUL.
This discussion is to help people understand the predictable dynamics of high conflict personalities and those with strong beliefs. It is to discuss debate skills and styles, rational logic and establish rules and/or guidelines to increase effective discussion.
The fragmentation of the Myst-Uru community is in some ways a symptom of poor understandings, misinformation and weak debating skills mixed with an unhealthy dose of incivility. Some think something needs to be done, thus this forum section. It is hoped to be a way to get information into the community about what constitutes rational thinking, intellectual honesty, civility and good debate skills for the purpose of providing a way to come to reasoned consensus.
Rawa becoming the community manager is a turning point in a post MOUL era. His posting a new set of be-nice-guide-lines is a help and part of the motivation for this forum section. His failing to crisply define ‘playing nice’ leaves lots of room for people to continue to bicker. Each person has their idea of what playing nice means. This is an effort to come to a consensus on what playing nice means and what it can look like when we disagree.
JW Platt has the rule of ‘do-no-damage’ for this forum. How one disagrees and avoids harm is part of what this discussion will likely include.
It is not believed we can ever turn the Uru community into a utopia of harmony and agreement. I do believe we can create a style of discussion and debate that will allow us to achieve civil disagreement and from time to time come to a rational consensus.
While I, with others, have pushed for this forum section I’m not perfect nor do I always fairly debate. I and others interested in these ideas do not have any claim to any great knowledge about any of what we will discuss or decide on. The others and I are single voices in the discussion just as anyone else that chooses to post.
The intended result of this discussion is to be a set of standards for discussion and debate within the community. Moderators and forum owners may or may not choose to use it. My hope is that some version of what we come to consensus on will be usable for those in the community. I hope many will choose to use the result as a guide in their individual discussions whether forum owners and moderators adopt the results or not.
The intent is to have respectful discussions leading to rational consensus. When posting consider how you can add to the goals. Whether you envision problems or have questions consider how they can move the discussion forward and why you are asking a question or framing a problem.
Welcome.
This discussion is to help people understand the predictable dynamics of high conflict personalities and those with strong beliefs. It is to discuss debate skills and styles, rational logic and establish rules and/or guidelines to increase effective discussion.
The fragmentation of the Myst-Uru community is in some ways a symptom of poor understandings, misinformation and weak debating skills mixed with an unhealthy dose of incivility. Some think something needs to be done, thus this forum section. It is hoped to be a way to get information into the community about what constitutes rational thinking, intellectual honesty, civility and good debate skills for the purpose of providing a way to come to reasoned consensus.
Rawa becoming the community manager is a turning point in a post MOUL era. His posting a new set of be-nice-guide-lines is a help and part of the motivation for this forum section. His failing to crisply define ‘playing nice’ leaves lots of room for people to continue to bicker. Each person has their idea of what playing nice means. This is an effort to come to a consensus on what playing nice means and what it can look like when we disagree.
JW Platt has the rule of ‘do-no-damage’ for this forum. How one disagrees and avoids harm is part of what this discussion will likely include.
It is not believed we can ever turn the Uru community into a utopia of harmony and agreement. I do believe we can create a style of discussion and debate that will allow us to achieve civil disagreement and from time to time come to a rational consensus.
While I, with others, have pushed for this forum section I’m not perfect nor do I always fairly debate. I and others interested in these ideas do not have any claim to any great knowledge about any of what we will discuss or decide on. The others and I are single voices in the discussion just as anyone else that chooses to post.
The intended result of this discussion is to be a set of standards for discussion and debate within the community. Moderators and forum owners may or may not choose to use it. My hope is that some version of what we come to consensus on will be usable for those in the community. I hope many will choose to use the result as a guide in their individual discussions whether forum owners and moderators adopt the results or not.
The intent is to have respectful discussions leading to rational consensus. When posting consider how you can add to the goals. Whether you envision problems or have questions consider how they can move the discussion forward and why you are asking a question or framing a problem.
Welcome.