Re^6: using the power of consideration responsibly (what is personal attack what is trolling, can you lose power to consider)

...you get automatically an "average" opinion on these issues, which --I assume-- will be very much in line with what the gods think.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree on both points.

The number of monks involved in a typical consideration "event" is very small. One to consider; 4 can vote and effect reapage; but 2 can vote oppositely and prevent reapage. And if, as is entirely realistic, one monk downvotes and just one other monk upvotes, reapage is prevented. So no, it is very much a stretch to imagine that these things reflect anything like a consensus of the fraternity.
The rank and file monks are notoriously independent-minded relative to the wills* of the gods.

* Yes, plural, since even the gods are not always 100% in accord.

I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16,000 zombies.

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Re^7: using the power of consideration responsibly (what is personal attack what is trolling, can you lose power to consider) by CountZero (Bishop) on Jun 09, 2013 at 07:43 UTC
Yes, you are right. I should have said that the system is stacked against reapage through consideration. And that is indeed the general trend in the Monastery (in my humbled opinion). CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]

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Re^7: using the power of consideration responsibly (what is personal attack what is trolling, can you lose power to consider)
by CountZero (Bishop) on Jun 09, 2013 at 07:43 UTC

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A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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