User talk:Cazort
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[edit] Tree of Heaven
Great job with Tree of Heaven. It seems to me that Wikipedia's tree articles are pretty good with botanical information, but often lacking in ecological information. --Allen 18:59, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- Ditto to the above; one request, please note that wikipedia pages should be internally consistent in spelling; as an Asian species, it is in International English, not with American English spellings - thanks, MPF 17:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Evergreen
Hi Cazort - nice additions, can you dig out some references? I've also removed the note "The most cold-tolerant broadleaf evergreen tree is the American Holly", as there are several Asian broadleaf evergreen species as hardy, and it is also open to interpretation of what defines a "tree" with some hardier shrubs that can make small trees. - MPF 17:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
- ok...I added some references but I need to learn how to reference them by number...I'll figure it out eventually...the "advantages of being evergreen" article should link with the "reference needed" that you pointed out. The other two articles also deal with this issue and with some of the other things I wrote. Cazort 23:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks; referencing by number isn't too important, if it's easier, just add it in brackets like this (Author 1996) at the relevant point (like in a printed journal) - MPF 23:46, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Relating Hypocricy to fundamental attribution error
Can you please explain how they relate? I read the article and it appears to me that the fundamental attribution error is based more on a mistake people make when determing why behaviour is done rather than hypocricy where the very same behaviour is justified by the one who does it and then villified when the very same thing is done to them.
The two do not appear to actually relate to one another at all.
Example:
- Fred robs a persons house
- FAE: "Fred must be a bad person" instead of "Fred grew up in a bad neighbourhood and doesn't know better"
- Someone then robs freds house
- Hypocrisy: Fred claims how wrong it is for people to break into peoples houses even though he did it himself
Enigmatical 23:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
I suppose this is my opinion but I think it is pretty clear: FAE is connected to hypocrisy as follows: the basic problem of FAE is that one tends to associate attributes in other individuals to the notion of their "self"--i.e. it reflects that they are a "bad person"...whereas when you judge yourself, you tend to focus more on your environment, i.e, you had good reasons to do what you did. Thus, you're more likely to hold others towards absolute morality, whereas you are more likely to hold yourself towards relative moral standards. The inconsistency in moral standards that you hold others to, vs. yourself, leads to the hypocrisy. Cazort 00:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ahhhh, thank you :) Now I can see the connection. Its the fact that they use different methods of judgement which makes them hypocritical. Very nicely explained. If it could be added to the article in some way I think it will provide some nice clarity for people to understand as well. Enigmatical 04:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
