hey DMB,
My first reaction to the word "marketplace" was similar to yours but I dropped
the social market that I was imagining and thought more of a forum type and it
started to grow on me.
(plus couldn't think of a better analogy)
> Hmmm. I think competiton is a feature of the lower levels, all the
> blue ribbons and tropheys, all the promotions and kudos are social
> level values. That stuff is as old as civilization, or maybe even
> older. Intellectual level interactions operate with a whole different
> set of rules. These rules are not at all concerned with which
> scientists will "win". The rules are aimed at at different goals, at
> producing scientific truth
There is a acceptance/survival factor of everyone's ideas though.
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