Posted by Questionmark on November 8, 2008, at 19:46:15
In reply to I just don't get all the upset., posted by seldomseen on November 8, 2008, at 17:25:50
I have to agree with seldomseen here. He/she (? sorry) made good and relevant points about this whole situation.
No offense at all, but you guys are getting a little carried away. Calm down. It's reasonable to ask questions-- i'm curious about some of the details too-- but you folks are being far too critical.
1) Use of this site is entirely voluntary (and public), and, as someone else mentioned, we have no personal ownership over this site (i.e., this site is not *yours*).
2) You haven't even waited to see how this will play out or affect things differently. At least wait until some of these potential worst-case scenario fears potentially played out before complaining about them!
3) It's the same day as Dr. Bob's original post. You haven't even waited to give him a chance to try to respond to your questions, not that I think he really has any obligation to anyway.
4) (What Lou Pilder and seldom seen said.)It seems to me we're kind of acting like a kid who asked their parent to buy them a toy and then getting mad at our parent when it isn't exactly like we hoped and thought it would be.
I apologize if this was not civil enough. I don't mean to offend anyone. I do feel a bit frustrated though when people are precipitously critical (not that I am immune to this weakness either, of course).
> Dr bob was quite clear in his post that we are not the subjects of this research project.
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> No one is experimenting on us. That's why consent is not required.
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> Like everyone, I don't know the particulars of the study, but it seems to me that babble is just a part of the *place* that the research is conducted. We just happen to be in this place.
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> We have been here for a long time telling our stories to strangers, I don't see how participants in a research study being here should change that.
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> I mean what if the participants in the research program receive direct benefit from babble? I know I have and am glad to hopefully extend that benefit to the actual subjects.
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> Seldom.
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