Adam, what is this mad meritocracy you're creating?


Peace,

kowalski

great word. had to look it up.

the higher ranks are the people who put the most input into the forum. the higher rank also shows how much value they are offering to the forum.

mr moderator: "congratulations on that higher rank, your input is valuable to this forum. now can i ask you if you think we should display peoples age"

I do hear where you are coming from Adam, its like when you read something that you think, hmmm that makes sense, but then you find out it was written by a 6 year old, it kinda puts you off as life experience is important.

But at the same time, age does not equal wisdom. Of all the older people who love to give me life advice, there are only a couple I actually listen to.

I dont believe you can take advice from someone who isnt 1. In a good position to give advice, 2. Has made mistakes and LEARNT from them and 3. Is a general cool dude you wanna be like.

After thinking about it tho, I'd vote for showing age as it gives you a better feel for the other person you are talking too. Its up to you then to judge them on their age or not.

Xxx

The problem with a meritocracy is that although you may be the best qualified to answer a question you may still give a terrible answer due to self-interest etc.

Adam, if my you can't see the parallel between displaying age and displaying race, then you are more racist than you are ageist.

Honestly I don't care how old a person giving me advice is, age carries no import. All that is important is, is it good advice?

The gist of this thread is should we display an irrelevant fact about members that can only be utilised for prejudice? I say no.


Peace,

kowalski

Adam is a racist, he called me a Gringo on Saturday night for pinching his girl.

We make decisions based on details all the time, theres nothing wrong with that. E.g. If DuncanButlin hadnt posted he's 63 I might have actually invited him to be my wing sometime...

Not that I dont think he should wing, but just not for me.

I wish him good luck in his self improvement tho. Xxx

kowalski, you are addressing this from the point of view of receiving advice.

also please remember that my original post included giving advice. your advice to a person may differ if they are 25 or 15. for me that straight away is a positive point to showing age.

concerning receiving advice. how do you know if its good advice or not? i once heard a quote saying good advice is advice that you agree with. if we take this statement as de facto, which to be fair i generally agree with, then showing age has no requirement. but what if you get given 10 pieces of advice. and you agree with none of it. what comes into play then? im not really sure but after thinking about it i would say a persons value is the most important. so in fairness, recieving advice isn't about age. so why then do i have the negative stigma about recieving advice from a 15 year old? it must be about value.

wahey adam has just come to another conclusion about how his head works. if you have value i am more likely to take advice from you. if not, then less likely

Dont think I agree with this.

You are likely to perceive someone as having value who matches your “ideals” of what value/worth are. This logic would only help confirm your preconceived notions.

You might miss out on thinking outside your box...

Dont be afraid to listen to those you disagree with or those you dont "value".

i think knowing age is important, does give a good indicator of experience etc...

however, most ppl say how old they ar ein their introductory thread tbh!

Jynxy is the youngest currently active member. DuncanButlin is the oldest currently active member. We know to take Jynxy's advice over Duncan's. Age is not a good indicator, that is a prejudice.

And to give a different answer to someone dependent on their age is a bit patronizing, unless there is a relevant age restriction. In which case it would only be necessary to identify those who are under 18 and 16 so that we can tailor advice accordingly.


Peace,

kowalski

actually in hindsight, i retract my statement.

its like if someoen were to get promoted ahead of you at work just becasue they were older, rather than because they were actually better.

Pic.