I, OTOH, was fairly certain I was going to encounter approximately the same amount as usual of, what do we call it? Pollyanna-like behavior: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna_principle
No, that's not quite right. Academic ivory tower elitism? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_elitism Well no, that doesn't quite capture all of it either. Although this one sentence comes fairly close to capturing the dietary element that abounds here on FRIAM: *Another criticism is that universities [substitute academics here for the purpose of my point] tend more to pseudo-intellectualism than intellectualism per se; for example, to protect their positions and prestige, academicians may over-complicate problems and express them in obscure language.* * * The Osterich Effect, but as applied to societal problems rather than economic ones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich_effect Some combination of the above, perhaps. --Doug On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:53 AM, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote at 09/26/2012 09:03 PM: > > dead gang members are far more productive members of society than > > live ones, I suspect. > > And here I was worried I wouldn't get enough _hate_ in my diet today. > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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