Many users are keen to change the welcome message from the current version
This is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for
practitioners and research professionals of the cognitive sciences.
In that previous meta discussion, reasons were outlined for the change.
However, t...
@JoshGitlin If we have a small pool of active users, that would be very nice. It could help mitigate problems like when some super active user gets busy like in your case.
We have thoughts but we don't know how to implement them into workable ideas.
(I say that non-sarcastically, I realize how that might have come out -- our two strongest contenders would probably be @Artem and Zergylord, but I don't know if either have any experience in the applied realm)
It would be a good way to bolster our languishing nlp tag, though. Maybe we could do a chat event on it in conjunction with Linguistics or something
and challenge Stats to a friendly competition or something
@ArtemKaznatcheev traffic is a big one, one extra active user is A) extremely hard to predict/create and B) not very visible. Unless we can get one user to ask tons of extremely high quality questions it's better to just try and get eyes on the site for more organic growth
@JoshGitlin Nice. I think I saw an older version of that site (linked off of your profile) at some point. If I ever need a website, I'll know where to go.
@jonsca I've thought about this challenge. Some of my research right now is on the (very very-)theoretical end of ML, so I should try my hand at some applied stuff... but I am not sure if I will have time before the October deadline. Maybe if there was a whole CogSci team or something, then I would participate.
@BenBrocka it's better than nothing good sir. I have like -6 followers and I still try to advertise ;) although I should be a little more aggressive on G+ where more people read my posts.
The problem
New users of StackOverflow are typically told to listen and learn: that means essentially if you are new, engage with the rules of the community (a perpetual moving "status-quo") and learn and accept them. This could also mean that new voices, or new ideas, are soon discouraged when ...
@BenBrocka well, it would help get eyeballs on the questions. I can't seem to figure out how to search by site of link-target, otherwise I would upvote every cogsci.SE submission
so how does the science sub-reddit work...?
I think this question could generate interest on reddit:
There are many theories/disciplines that have been categorized as Pseudoscience in the Scientific community.
The list includes many things that are regularly even quoted in media like Graphology, Astrology, Psychoanalysis, Personality Types etc.
Questions:
Why do people get attracted to such...
I would like to understand more about consciousness from a neuroscientific perspective. I have a limited understanding of it in the philosophical/psychological sense through lectures.
Although it is hard to define, here is a definition from Christof Koch's website I will provide:
"At this po...
Human couples usually have sex in private, hidden not only from predators, but also - other humans. It is unlike behavior of most species, including our relatives: bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas.
Is private sex most a biological or cultural behavior? What is the advantage (if any) of such beh...
@JoshGitlin I wouldn't wait around too long, this question is attracting views
We want to look like a good scientific community to the first time visitors
Also, you site-wide notice is working wonders @JoshGitlin we have +7 votes on the post and +8 on the top suggestion. Hopefully the overlords pay attention.
Many users are keen to change the welcome message from the current version
This is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for
practitioners and research professionals of the cognitive sciences.
In that previous meta discussion, reasons were outlined for the change.
However, t...
There are many theories/disciplines that have been categorized as Pseudoscience in the Scientific community.
The list includes many things that are regularly even quoted in media like Graphology, Astrology, Psychoanalysis, Personality Types etc.
Questions:
Why do people get attracted to such...
I would like to understand more about consciousness from a neuroscientific perspective. I have a limited understanding of it in the philosophical/psychological sense through lectures.
Although it is hard to define, here is a definition from Christof Koch's website I will provide:
"At this po...
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