Ha, love it. Well the idea of the gonzo approach anyway (that experience sounds brutal, man) — csalisbury
Certainly, a scientist may not play ball, and not get published - and that is good for him! But then the rest of us are still getting the stuff that is published. So while we might esteem him for his resistance, it's not changing the system that determines what sort of stuff gets published - and the OP was about that problem — csalisbury
I thought it was a great piece of work -- the academic social scientists exploded in outrage. — Bitter Crank
why I was not allowed to study philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. I objected to the forceful, totalitarian, and basically unnatural feminization of the School of Philosophy. — god must be atheist
Sacrificing anything of value for nothing, however, is recommended not to comfort lovers, but to suicidal people, the insane, and the extremely stupid. — god must be atheist
why I was not allowed to study philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. I objected to the forceful, totalitarian, and basically unnatural feminization of the School of Philosophy.
— god must be atheist
Sacrificing anything of value for nothing, however, is recommended not to comfort lovers, but to suicidal people, the insane, and the extremely stupid.
— god must be atheist
Sounds like someone acting according to principles whilst decrying such behaviour. But of course it is no real sacrifice to give up a corrupt education, and it is no real sacrifice not to publish corrupt science.
Edit: I'll butt out now, and retreat to ethics to continue to pontificate. — unenlightened
Why did you leave out the right wing academic agenda? Is it any different? No, it is not any different. Not all scientists are left wing in the survey-creating social sciences, yet it is said in this thread that they are all forced to create non-repeatable experiments with consistent results.That's the left wing academic agenda in a nutshell. — counterpunch
And there we arrive at the inescapable conclusion - that principles are nothing, that values have no value. Now that's what I call a slippery slope! — unenlightened
Why did you leave out the right wing academic agenda? Is it any different? No, it is not any different. — god must be atheist
What it shows me is that reality beats principles. — god must be atheist
the humanities are a wholly owned subsidiary of left wing, subjectivist, anti-capitalist, neo marxist, post modernist, politically correct bigots and bullies — counterpunch
***baited Irrelevant aside; it's 'bated', short for 'abated' not 'baited'. I've been using 'baited' for decades, rather than the correct 'bated'. We will now return to the regularly scheduled broadcast, in progress. — Bitter Crank
I'm a capitalist - for example. I'm not a communist. If you want to call that bias - then I'm biased — counterpunch
What I call your bias is that you go against reason due to a conviction to an ideology. Your ideology is not communist, no problem, but you develop false opinions due to your strong conviction to your ideology. — god must be atheist
***baited Irrelevant aside; it's 'bated', short for 'abated' not 'baited'. I've been using 'baited' for decades, rather than the correct 'bated'. We will now return to the regularly scheduled broadcast, in progress. — Bitter Crank
Could you please provide examples - because without them, this is just an ad homniem attack, to which I say - pish! — counterpunch
He says: "It's not enough that I succeed - everyone else must fail." That's the left wing academic agenda in a nutshell. — counterpunch
What it shows me is that reality beats principles. — god must be atheist
And actually I don't even agree with the statement you made, "It's not enough that I succeed - everyone else must fail." But it is not at all a leftist statement, whether it is true or not. You specifically chose to call it a leftist agenda, due to your bias. I really don't know how to explain this in greater detail. — god must be atheist
But it is not at all a leftist statement, — god must be atheist
Reality is totally subservient to principled imagination. New York is built on a grid system because someone decided it would be a good idea, and for no other reason. — unenlightened
POMO publication — Bitter Crank
You might make the effort to understand before dishing out ad homs willy nilly! — counterpunch
OK. If there was anything worth emphasizing, it was the Sokol Hoax. Have you heard of it? If not, it's worth a google. It revealed the vacuity of at least one POMO publication, and the lingo that they (all) use. — Bitter Crank
the humanities are a wholly owned subsidiary of left wing, subjectivist, anti-capitalist, neo marxist, post modernist, politically correct bigots and bullies — counterpunch
That won't cut the mustard. — god must be atheist
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