Pride of influencing a field I think can apply equally to amateurs and professionals. <br>As a mother-to-be following perhaps the deepest, most high-stakes informal learning path of my life, I've spent countless hours so far sharing knowledge and ideas with other women on online forums and email lists. Why do we spend this time answering each others' questions? What motivates a busy working woman with two children to put in her time advising a n00b? A lot of it is deeply social and intrinsic.<br>
a <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:50 AM, John Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@novomancy.org">john@novomancy.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
But what value would such a score represent to an amateur scholar? For professional scholars it's mostly valued due to pride of influencing the field and tenure committees. Is there another carrot that can be offered to people with deep knowledge but no interest in advancing an academic career?<br>
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On Sep 6, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Anya Kamenetz wrote:<br>
> So the question would be, to what extent is it feasible to represent a similar type of score, based on references to their previous statements, for amateur scholars? That would be an interesting example of an incentive that's both internal and external.<br>
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