Poe Paradox

What is Poe Paradox?


1.

The Poe Paradox is a corollary to Poe's Law. It states that:

"In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group, is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody)."

The term was first used by RationalWiki editor The Lay Scientist to describe an apparent paradox in the management of editing rights at Conservapedia:

A poe paradox: any new member of the Conservapedia project who's not as Conservative as them is liable to be chucked out. However, any new member who is as Conservative as them is in serious danger of being called a parodist, and chucked out.

See conservative, internet, parody, satire


50

Random Words:

1. An extremely popular partying destination for Marquette and local Milwaukeeans circa 2005-2007. The original house contained 6 great fr..
1. slang term for "i love her bee". using this word expresses ones feelings for some girl. first used on manhattan's lower e..
1. The Zerg Rush. A strategy originating from Starcraft used only by the unstrategic. The Zerg Rush consists of mass producing as many Zerg..