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Posted By: Joann

I really had high hopes after Peter said he was taking the feedback to heart and trying to improve. It even seemed like it got better for a few days.

But his posts this weekend have been unfortunate. The one about clashing holders could at least be stretched to be OT, except for the short-leash situation that is unique to Peter. But the one about double-play combos? Not quite sure what the thinking was behind that one. It seems like the weekends are his downfall.

I've actually considered something, and I'm not kidding here. Barry has long said that this board would be good material for a college psych project. I've said the same thing, except that I've always seen it as a sociology project - how people form societies, organize and maintain themselves.

It as actually occurred to me that this might be exactly that. Someone's senior paper or thesis or whatever in which he keeps poking at the society, testing norms, breaking them in different ways, backing off for a bit, coming back, being of good cheer the whole time, etc, and then observing and writing about the group responses, individual responses, who emerges as the opinion leaders, who emerges as the supportive group, who has actual disciplinary authority, and how all of these interract to resolve the situation.

It's really pretty fascinating when you look at it that way. Do I really think Peter is a made-up person and this is someone's Sociology project? Nah - obviously a low probability. Plus people have met him and he really is a collector. But if they hadn't ... well I would at least be considering it.

But it's one of those hypotheses that, while not likely true, does suddenly explain all facts and events, and makes everything fit together and understandable. At minimum, it show how bizarre this is that such a thing would even be a possibility.

Joann