Comments on: 10 Reasons Why https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/ Speculations on the Frontiers of Science and Culture Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: drusillah https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-133 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:33:41 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-133 "8. It often leads to people partly-restating a previous point or making up spurious reasons in order to get to the "magic" 10."

I COMPLETELY agree with you on this!! I've seen it so many times on articles, I don't know how they can keep doing it and get away with it. I've mostly stopped reading such things.

]]> By: Drew https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-134 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:49:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-134 Hooray, Amam got the joke.

]]> By: Amam https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-135 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:11:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-135 I wonder why no one has commented on the fact that you’ve made a top ten list why top ten lists are bad. :P

(tongue in cheek and it’s pretty obvious, I know, I know)

]]> By: John Koetsier https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-136 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:08:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-136 1. So
2. sick
3. of
4. endless
5. top
6. ten
7. lists
8. engineered
9. for
10. digg

]]> By: Anonymous https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-137 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:50:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-137 NY Times doesn’t use them, but supermarket tabloids and Cosmo do.

It’s about pandering to the lowest common denominator.

]]> By: Mike https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-138 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:15:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-138 Thanks for the comments, guys.

I’ll look into writing about distributed computing projects like SETI. After my next article. :)

]]> By: Amam https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-139 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:18:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-139 Totally true! About everything. But then again…Making top ten lists over anything kicks so much ass.

A suggestion about a future topic! Seti@home or any of the other shared processing research projects. That technology is awesome.

]]> By: Martijn https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-140 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:13:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2006/09/10-reasons-why/#comment-140 =)

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