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Talk:Essay:Conservapedia's Law (view source)
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, 23:17, March 24, 2011→Putting Conservapedia's Law in perspective
::::::I do not follow your logic. Geometric progressions always reach infinity when the absolute value of the ratio is greater than or equal to 1. Conervapedia's Law posits a ratio of 2. Do you expect conservative edits to Conservapedia to increase at this doubling rate? If not, why? [[User:BradB|BradB]] 12:57, 24 March 2011 (EDT)
::::::I do not follow your logic. Geometric progressions always reach infinity when the absolute value of the ratio is greater than or equal to 1. Conervapedia's Law posits a ratio of 2. Do you expect conservative edits to Conservapedia to increase at this doubling rate? If not, why? [[User:BradB|BradB]] 12:57, 24 March 2011 (EDT)
:::::::Take, for example, conservative words. There is not an infinite amount of words (or possible words) in the English language. If the amount of conservative words increases at this geometric rate, isn't there a point where every word is conservative? Since the series continues indefinitely to infinity, and will never reach infinity, it reasons that it will pass this point at some time. From that, that is why I agree adding some definition of "liberal creep" as a corollary to Conservapedia's Law, as it is not possible to reach infinite conservatism. To answer your original question, while I certainly hope growth continues at this rate (if not faster), the long-term accuracy of this insight (and by long-term i mean millennia, or until the Rapture) remains to be seen. [[User:DennyW66|DennyW66]] 13:16, 24 March 2011 (EDT)
:::::::Take, for example, conservative words. There is not an infinite amount of words (or possible words) in the English language. If the amount of conservative words increases at this geometric rate, isn't there a point where every word is conservative? Since the series continues indefinitely to infinity, and will never reach infinity, it reasons that it will pass this point at some time. From that, that is why I agree adding some definition of "liberal creep" as a corollary to Conservapedia's Law, as it is not possible to reach infinite conservatism. To answer your original question, while I certainly hope growth continues at this rate (if not faster), the long-term accuracy of this insight (and by long-term i mean millennia, or until the Rapture) remains to be seen. [[User:DennyW66|DennyW66]] 13:16, 24 March 2011 (EDT)
::::::::Good points, Denny. I think we would expect conservative insights to eventually decline in the same fashion that we see conservative insights added to Conservapedia decline. After a certain amount of time, it just can't keep up the pace because the core articles/principles are already here and can't become any more conservative. Whether or not it is [[liberal creep]] and/or other factors that limits the growth of conservatism, I don't know. What do you think your "graph of conservatism" would look like? It'd be fun to compare. Do you think true conservatism could be the harbinger of the return of Christ? [[User:BradB|BradB]] 19:17, 24 March 2011 (EDT)