@StevenJeuris @BenBrocka Individuals do work more productively in teams. - The Agile Manifesto. Agreed but don't you think that if agile isn't properly guided, this may lead to Groupthink - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
Also, is there a scientific study with a well-established correlation between group activity and increase in cognitive abilities (exclusively due to the influence of group activity)
It's time we write up an 'how to edit' post I guess. We should prevent people from starting to mass-edit old posts for minor chances, just reference list style issues, etc ...
I wonder this when I read questions a lot on SO. Is it common convention when you see a new user make a question with bad formatting (not using proper code casing on SO or not using latex math formatting on mathematics) to edit their question for them so the formatting is nice and pretty, or to ...
From time to time I notice questions that could be improved (in style, punctuation, clarity of thought, tags, etc.) But I also have the answer to them.
I just feel wrong editing a question (even for a retag) that I also answer.
What's the policy on this?
Jeromy does have a point that we actually do need a "canonical answer to the question of references and citations", which incorporates both the APA style and it's formatting.
But I figured it's a bit early to start working on that now, as we have far from decided on 'a canonical form' yet.
I just attempted to fix a typo on a question on cooking.stackexchange.com and saw this
Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because:
Your edit summary must be at least 10 characters
This edit is less than 6 characters; surely more can be improved with your edit?
So, misspelled words have to...
Looking at Edit questions and answers privilege, I find this to be a surprising requirement:
Try to make the post substantively better when you edit, not just change a single character. Tiny, trivial edits are discouraged.
What motivated this, or rather, what does this mean exactly? Does th...
@Ubermensch As a programmer I'm also starting to feel everybody should be able to use a computer and the internet proficiently. But if I recall correctly plenty initiatives to establish that have been set up already. :)
But just knowing the basics of programming can give your immense productivity boosts. Just script all the repetitive work you do. :)
@StevenJeuris It seems that the chat is wavering a bit too much and I have dragged it further. Point blank - Do you use any research software in your work?
If you are referring to everybody knowing psychology, philosophy, economics, ... yes I'm serious, but you shouldn't interpret knowing as meaning having studied several years on the subject. A basic knowledge is what I was implying.
@Ubermensch None. At work I create cycling training software for professional cyclists, and for my thesis I'm working on a user interface which is supposed to make the life of any knowledge worker using it easier.
@StevenJeuris You are spot on with "knowing as meaning". Yes knowing, understanding, learning and perceiving are different. I must not have bluffed here
@StevenJeuris I work on data analysis (cost/revenue analysis). Are you interested in creating any sort of open source project?
@Ubermensch Too busy to work on any other projects at the moment, and I'm hoping to start a spin-off open source project to continue working on my thesis after I finish it.
While we inherit most of our editing conventions from the Stack Exchange (SE) network. I feel it is important to rephrase them here, and possible specify some extra guidelines specific to our site.
Almost anyone can do suggested edits, but these will need to be peer reviewed first. The guideline...
@StevenJeuris go ahead...why do I keep typing that?
@StevenJeuris I don't really mind lots of editing as long as people don't mass edit unimportant things (which spams the front page with old content) and as long as we don't have tons of individual editors making small edits (which can knock posts into community wiki, but is very rare)
Consider this question:
Do porn and other remotely perceived entertainments work because of Mirror Neurons?
This touches on a very controversial topic in Cog Sci, the idea of mirror neurons.
Many pop-science books and magazines sensationalize mirror neurons, due to their parsimonious explanati...
I was thinking in this answer we should boldly point out that the primary important thing is people should be able to find the specific article to which you refer
The following represents the preferred style for references and citations on this site. Broadly speaking, the site follows APA style. Following the style is optional, but all users are encouraged to edit posts that are missing one or more of the elements discussed below.
Inline Citations
Refe...
Wasn't 100% sure how to best phrase it so I thought we should reach a consensus if it's going to be a "guideline" sorto f answer
From time to time I notice questions that could be improved (in style, punctuation, clarity of thought, tags, etc.) But I also have the answer to them.
I just feel wrong editing a question (even for a retag) that I also answer.
What's the policy on this?
Looking at Edit questions and answers privilege, I find this to be a surprising requirement:
Try to make the post substantively better when you edit, not just change a single character. Tiny, trivial edits are discouraged.
What motivated this, or rather, what does this mean exactly? Does th...
Consider this question:
Do porn and other remotely perceived entertainments work because of Mirror Neurons?
This touches on a very controversial topic in Cog Sci, the idea of mirror neurons.
Many pop-science books and magazines sensationalize mirror neurons, due to their parsimonious explanati...
The following represents the preferred style for references and citations on this site. Broadly speaking, the site follows APA style. Following the style is optional, but all users are encouraged to edit posts that are missing one or more of the elements discussed below.
Inline Citations
Refe...
The Axon Terminal
The Axon Terminal