http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/ Imaginative Projects and Interesting Ideas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14980 ech Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:19:34 +0000 http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14980 Read Umberto Eco's "Foucalt's Pendulm". Read Umberto Eco’s “Foucalt’s Pendulm”.

]]> http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14957 Bill Clardy Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:54:34 +0000 http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14957 Just to remind folks, a more descriptive (albeit less polite) term for groupthink is intellectual incest -- it makes the dangers more vivid while also making it easier for the listener to grasp how the bad ideas can be given life. Just to remind folks, a more descriptive (albeit less polite) term for groupthink is intellectual incest — it makes the dangers more vivid while also making it easier for the listener to grasp how the bad ideas can be given life.

]]> http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14934 DensityDuck Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:17:11 +0000 http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14934 We already knew about this, and it's called "groupthink". We already knew about this, and it’s called “groupthink”.

]]> http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14930 John Morales Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:54:04 +0000 http://viridia.org/2007/08/16/unconscious-conspiracies/#comment-14930 This reminds me of Jerry Pournelle's "Iron Law of Bureaucracy". This reminds me of Jerry Pournelle’s “Iron Law of Bureaucracy”.

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