tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5404101967877379903..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Gamergate CommentAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83292753870696839782014-11-25T15:13:51.388-05:002014-11-25T15:13:51.388-05:00Then we have fun trying to explain why they are th...<b>Then we have fun trying to explain why they are this way</b><br /><br />Amateurs play at tactics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-33429407292498500672014-11-10T13:10:26.818-05:002014-11-10T13:10:26.818-05:00"Thus, we find people who devote their lives ..."Thus, we find people who devote their lives to a style of video game and we discover that many are misogynistic." Many? Some, no doubt; many, probable. But "many" by numbers, or by percentage. Misogynistic, or just angry at being put down by women? I do not know, and I don't have the knowledge to even make a guess.<br /><br />I believe your last paragraph is a true statement.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-29013491367666296472014-11-10T09:54:38.542-05:002014-11-10T09:54:38.542-05:00You know this was my grandfather's (Dad's ...You know this was my grandfather's (Dad's dad) big cause de jour. He wrote an entire book on how often we presumed linear relationships when that made no sense. Especially when it comes to social phenomena, a linear relationship is likely to be the worst fit you could have. <br /><br />I think I wrote this up when I reviewed a study about pacifier usage. Why we would think kids still using pacifiers at age 6 were anything like kids using them at age 2 is beyond me....and yet those authors fitted a straight line to the data.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-19434202853655049872014-11-09T22:23:28.779-05:002014-11-09T22:23:28.779-05:00Theory and history play roles here too. Sometimes...Theory and history play roles here too. Sometimes they conflict a bit. <br /><br />Perhaps there's some sampling bias at work, but my leaky memory suggests that the video or desktop game-playing community almost never gets involved in any serious violence. They pretend a lot, and simple theories suggest that pretending and doing are related, so with Gamergate it looks to me as though theory and history conflict. (Plus something doesn't smell right about the business--I get the sense that some of the threats are fake. It wouldn't be the first time.)<br /><br />I complained about Pakistani culture recently. Unfortunately attacks on Christians (and Jews) are a regular feature in Islamic history. Just as with the occasional Christian attacks on Jews, the kings would up being their protectors. The theory and history agree a little better here, so it isn't too much of a stretch to link the extremists with the rank and file. Though there is always a spectrum...jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com