[grey_whiskers]

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

Like *PING*, dudes and dude-ettes.

Fresh birdcage liner.

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

*PING* to you LJ for using your piece (for which I gave you credit); and to you, backhoe for quoting LJ's piece in a way that I could find it again using Google. :-)

Cheers!

[mnehring]

bfltr

[The Comedian]

What a coincidence in terms of seating pattern...

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[FlyingEagle]

Thanks for the interesting post

[smokingfrog]

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[backhoe]

Dovetails nicely with this one...
( Old article, may take 5, 10, or more F5’s to load it, but it’s still here )

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a0df5b725c7.htm
THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Keywords: DELPHI TECHNIQUE, MEDIA BIAS, CNN
Source: http://www.fessler.com/delphi.htm
Published: ? Author: Lynn Stuter
Posted on 11/11/2000 17:43:19 PST by Huck

[reformedliberal]

This technique has been used successfully to counter Delphi techniques.

One addition: whenever the facilitator attempts to pass over or ignore someone’s questions, other people arranged as described begin to loudly question:”Why don’t you answer their question?” or, if they can get recognized, to make the statement:”You didn’t answer [that other person’s] question.” These people must stay polite and present in a non-threatening manner.

The incident I am aware of took place in South Dakota a few years ago. A group of activists wanted to make one tiny village a *deaf only* community that demanded EVERYONE living there or even visiting, use sign language. The meeting was ostensibly about putting up State-funded signs on the Interstate announcing the *attraction*. Ironically, one of the organizers against this plan is a hearing individual who is fluent in sign and has many deaf friends. The organizers were not supported by the majority of hearing-impaired, but were simply using this demographic as the hook for acquiring a State grant.

IIRC, you can google “defeating Delphi Technique” for a similar blueprint of action.

[Myrddin]

There was a similar thread last year on the "Delphi technique". That one essentially depends on breaking the large group into small groups and convincing them that their written input in the small group has contributed to the "group consensus". It hasn't. What is announced to the group as a whole is the pre-determined objective of those who applied the Delphi technique. None of the input from individuals or groups is ever presented to the group as a whole. The group as a whole must take on faith that the results were correct as announced. I believe it was Stalin who commented that it doesn't matter who votes...what matters is who counts the votes. Don't get suckered by these techniques.