> On the ancient self quale that is known as a feeling
> of credibility.
>
> Early on, the evolving neural structures
> had to place some credence on their own modeling
> representations. Some say (Michael Gazzaniga) the early brain hence
> evolved
> a 'credibility module', to do this evaluating. The standard method was
> then implemented to communicate these evaluations of credibility
> to other brain parts : 'feelings', or in this case specifically : 'a
> feeling
> of credibility' , or not.
> According to my 'feelings', some posters here have no credibility
> at all.
> The very 'credibility' of what it is and means to be 'human', pervades
> my interests. Deceit, a core human method, is an effort to fool
> credibility.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credibility
> Credibility refers to the objective and subjective components of the
> believability of a source or message. Traditionally, credibility is
> composed of
> two primary dimensions: trustworthiness and expertise, which have both
> objective
> and subjective components. That is, trustworthiness is a receiver judgment
> based
> on subjective factors. Expertise can be similarly subjectively perceived
> but
> includes relatively objective characteristics of the source or message as
> well
> (e.g., source credentials or information quality). Some secondary
> dimensions
> include source dynamism (charisma) and physical attractiveness, for
> example.
>
> Credibility online has become an important topic since the mid-1990s, as
> the web
> has increasingly become an information resource. The Credibility and
> Digital
> Media Project @ UCSB highlights recent and ongoing work in this area,
> including
> recent consideration of digital media, youth, and credibility. In
> addition, the
> Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University has studied web
> credibility and
> proposed the principal components of online credibility and a general
> theory
> called Prominence-Interpretation Theory.
>
> According to the Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics,
> professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalists credibility.See
> Preamble
>
> "Street cred" is a contemporary neologism referring to credibility or
> acceptability among young or fashionable people, particularly those who
> support
> the hip-hop industry. [1] [2]
>
> More ...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credibility
>
> --
> Frederick Martin McNeill
> Poway, California, United States of America
> mmcneill@fuzzysys.com
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> "The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a
> person has the capacity to love another individual but in the larger
> social sense whether he is capable of loving his fellow men collectively.
> The whole of society rests on this foundation for stability, understanding
> and social peace."
> - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
> "Why is there something rather than nothing?"
> - Leibniz (1697 essay "On the Ultimate Origin of Things")
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