Yes, I agree with Hans. Contesters probably cheat less than others when it
comes to ham radio activities, at least this study on a related subject
suggests it.
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-explores-online-gamers-psychology.html
-- Tom
At 01:53 AM 8/24/2016, AB7E wrote:
>Fine for you to defend your friends, Hans, and you may be right.
>
>But you've gone over into some stark raving fantasy world when you claim that
>99.99% of contesters don't cheat. There isn't any segment of humanity
>anywhere that honest, and I find it hilarious that anybody would think that
>hams are somehow more honest than the average human.
>Studies, tests, and observations over decades by LOTS of different
>sociologists prove that you aren't even close in your opinion. Deny it all
>you want, but humans are wired to seek every advantage they can in almost all
>situations, and it is only our learned behavior boundaries that hold us back
>from breaking rules.
>
>In real life people lie, they cheat, they dishonor, they fudge ... to one
>degree or another depending upon the situation. And that's out in the open
>with real stakes involved. What on earth makes you think that an essentially
>random slice of the population (ham radio contesters) operating with almost
>zero external scrutiny in an event with virtually no jeopardy is going to
>magically be different??
>
>And for heaven's sake quit with the neighborhood crap. Absolutely none of my
>comments bear any relation to any contester I know because my comments derive
>from reading I've done on the subject and observations I've made during my 69
>years on this earth involving people I've met in over 30 countries.
>
>It would be interesting for someone to create a truly anonymous survey of
>active contesters with the simple question "in all of your years of
>contesting, can you honestly claim that you've never knowingly violated any
>rule, no matter how trivial?" One of us is going to be very surprised by the
>result.
>
>Dave AB7E
>
>On 8/23/2016 2:39 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
>>My "neighborhood" of contesting and DX'ing friends are guys like NÃ?AT,
>>KÃ?KK, KÃ?TO, KÃ?IR, KÃ?KX, KTÃ?R(SK), KÃ?FVF(SK), KÃ?RC, KÃ?SR, KÃ?AD,
>>WÃ?AIH, KÃ?MD,
>>NÃ?IJ, WÃ?GJ, K4IU, KÃ?MPH, etc.
>>
>>There is NOBODY in that group, and hundreds more that I know now, and have
>>known over my 50-some years in DX and Radio-sporting, that I can imagine
>>being outside the rules, even just a smidgen.
>>
>>The interminable jeremiads crying "cheat" on CQ-Contest, mostly by noted
>>hams whose credentials I otherwise admire, is loutish and Ill-mannered. It
>>insults the community of hams, 99.99% of who play by the rules.
>>
>>If you know a cheater, well then turn him in; but don't condone the
>>widespread internet trashing of hams in general. We are better than that.
>>Your neighborhood may vary.
>>
>>73, HB
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-mail: frenaye@pcnet.com YCCC --> http://www.yccc.org/
Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|