The proportion of irrelevant, off-topic, inflammatory, nonsensical, spammy, screaming, content-free, trolling, or otherwise useless statements to actual useful, worthwhile communication.
From the informal sense of signal to noise ratio, but inverted to emphasize the "noise".
From the informal sense of signal to noise ratio, but inverted to emphasize the "noise".
"That discussion board used to be a great place to talk about politics, but now the noise-to-signal ratio is through the roof!"
"Typically, a demagogue actually benefits from nonsensical, contradictory and inflammatory statements and agendas. Ironically, the higher the noise-to-signal ratio, the more effective they become since any useful information would actually rein them in."
(adapted from Raul and JonG)
"Typically, a demagogue actually benefits from nonsensical, contradictory and inflammatory statements and agendas. Ironically, the higher the noise-to-signal ratio, the more effective they become since any useful information would actually rein them in."
(adapted from Raul and JonG)
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Located in Troy, NY home of our mighty Uncle Sam.
The ratio of men to women is 4 to 1.
That is 80% men to 20% wmonen.
Located in Troy, NY home of our mighty Uncle Sam.
The ratio of men to women is 4 to 1.
That is 80% men to 20% wmonen.
Cost of books for 4 years: $6,400
Cost of living for 4 years: $21.008
Cost of Tuition for 4 years: $107,000
A life deprived of money and sex for 4 years... Priceless
Cost of living for 4 years: $21.008
Cost of Tuition for 4 years: $107,000
A life deprived of money and sex for 4 years... Priceless
by Shirley Jackson October 18, 2004
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by dustin SB March 11, 2008
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by Jafje May 25, 2007
Get the Rationing mug.Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
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Get the ratio’d mug.Rationalwikism is a left-wing liberal, neoatheist, materialist, positivist and nihilistic ideology that seeks to attack everyone that is not left-wing liberal nor atheist. Mainly focused on spiritual people, occult people, supernaturals/mythicals, far left-wing and right-wing people. It is also characterized by the abuse of the terms such as "pseudoscience" and "pseudo(put the name of a subject here)" in a way you cannot even know the original meaning of the word. Rationalwikism cames from RationalWiki, and it can also be referred as Irrationalwikism.
"Rationalwikism should be countered, mainly by non-liberal leftists and by spiritual-supernatural people, but is is unlikely since they cannot even organize their own wiki with a SEO bigger than rationalwiki one."
"Rationalwikism shows that all social groups can have its own wiki and talk about everything they want, mainly about politics, religion, science, spirituality and supernaturality."
"I would like a left-wing supernaturalist version of RationalWiki for counter rationalwikism... But it is unlikely since we do not have enough left-wing supernaturalists for accomplish this."
"Rationalwikism shows that all social groups can have its own wiki and talk about everything they want, mainly about politics, religion, science, spirituality and supernaturality."
"I would like a left-wing supernaturalist version of RationalWiki for counter rationalwikism... But it is unlikely since we do not have enough left-wing supernaturalists for accomplish this."
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