NsF (Hamsteredge vs. Knowledge)

The third set of methods is created to fight the phenomenon I call "hamsteredge". This is an artificial word that replaces a part in "knowledge" with "hamster". The meaning of this construct is "information squirreling".

Unfortunately the search engines understand the word "squirreledge" as "Squirrel Edge" and deliver too many links with this combination and the word "hamstering" is reserved in urban dictionary.

I prefer a hamster because a squirrel is usually perceived as a wild animal which denotes "information squirreling" with somewhat useful meaning. A hamster in a granary is a more vivid model for the description of this problem.

Note, I have read a lot of books and I could describe the hamsteredge in boring scientific way but my goal is to explain the enemy we will fight and not to get a praise from the people with academic titles. The problem is more complicated than the poetic metaphor below but a short inaccurate description is enough for practical needs.

Please imagine a male hamster in a granary.
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