God's Eye View: Difference between revisions

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By contrast, the problem of [[GodKing]] on [[large public wiki]]s is not so bad, humourous, even.  When a [[sysop power structure]] agrees that something is '''not [[neutral point of view]]''' (whatever they mean by that on that day) they actually mean "we can exclude this without angering our great GodKing."  That is ''all'' they mean, that is, there is no possible objective definition of "not neutral", as neutrality itself is [[factionally defined]].  Disguised or anticipated God's Eye view is of course the job of a [[priestly hierarchy]].
By contrast, the problem of [[GodKing]] on [[large public wiki]]s is not so bad, humourous, even.  When a [[sysop power structure]] agrees that something is '''not [[neutral point of view]]''' (whatever they mean by that on that day) they actually mean "we can exclude this without angering our great GodKing."  That is ''all'' they mean, that is, there is no possible objective definition of "not neutral", as neutrality itself is [[factionally defined]].  Disguised or anticipated God's Eye view is of course the job of a [[priestly hierarchy]].
Typical beliefs generated without critical thought that are inevitably wrong, all of which suffer to some degree from GEV pollution:
*"research and opinion can be differentiated objectively"
*"truth and [[heresy]] can be determined by a high priest"
*"sysops can objectively determine who are [[trolls]]" (or priests can determine who are heretics or decide who should be subject to [[witch hunt]])
*"[[common sense]] should guide us"
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