Subj : Reviews
To   : KEVIN GIBSON
From : LEE LOFASO
Date : Fri Jul 20 2001 05:52 pm

Hello Kevin,

KG>I've "ghosts" that are critics.  Perhaps I've mentioned this
KG>to you previously.  In any event, I'm treated to a running
KG>commentary on various topics by these "ghosts" which have a
KG>rather obsessive interest in my activities.  I will occasionally
KG>discuss the remarks and my interaction with these spooks and
KG>am currently having such a discussion in the Holysmoke echo.
KG>Here's a recent comment from one of "the watchers:"

KG>>There is nothing worse than being peerless in a peer-review system.

There is nothing *better* than being peerless in a peer-review system.
Just ask Hannibal Lecter.  He knows.

KG>One wonders who thinks himself peerless.

Hannibal Lecter.  And he does not wonder.  He knows.

KG>My first thought was of the Lord of the Flies.

Silence of the Lambs.

KG>What would it mean if you were without peer?

One can eat all they want, at one great price.

KG>If, for instance, a group far exceeds all others in its access to
KG>and command of technology, so that it has "no peers," is that a
KG>good thing?  Why or why not?

Nah.  Hannibal Lecter wanted it all to himself.  Except in the end,
in which he decided to share a meal with his FBI counterpart.

KG>Why would one participate in a peer-review system if he considered
KG>himself without peer?

For one's own amusement, of course.  Besides, one might actually
get a convert or two in the process.  ;)

--Lee


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