Hmmm, no. But I have at least held jobs. Sure beats doing what you are doing. Who is supporting you now? I can't believe that someone who has never held a real job is taking a position here. Go get your next handout, dude.
You sir, are a good example of the problem with the world today On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Got fired for your crackpot ideas, didn't you? And you take that to mean that > the whole world is wrong and you're right. Huh? > Like I said, the immune system is there for a reason. You sir, are exhibit > "A" in the case for strict academic standards. > >> >> Hi dmb, >> >> Are you kidding me? How many academic professionals do you know? You >> are operating in a dream world, dmb. I don't even feel like setting you >> straight. I suppose if you agree with the way academics is going, then you >> are part of the problem. Do you think continuing tenure is based on >> intellectual qualities? Perhaps you spent too much time in the ivory >> tower. Maybe you want to become a professor. Well, if you can't do, then >> you teach, so it may be appropriate. Get out now and again, it might do you >> good. Please don't insult us with your naivete. It makes this forum >> look ridiculous. >> >> Mark >> >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:38 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > John said: >> > ...I'm certainly not a fan of any kind of "anything goes" mentality which >> > throws open the doors to any nutjob with a holy book and an agenda. ...But >> > the wholesale adoption of a values-free worldview, and the almost >> > police-state-like imposition of this worldview has crippled true >> > intellectual debate and growth oughta be checked somehow. >> > >> > dmb says: >> > Police state-like imposition of a values-free worldview? That doesn't sound >> > like a fair criticism of academia. It sounds more like a paranoid >> > conspiracy >> > theory. In the real world, I think it would be hard to find an academic >> > professional who did not rate academic freedom as one the their most >> > cherished ideals. The ability to think independently, critically and >> > creatively are the things that earn respect in that that world. To the >> > extent that intellectuals get famous or earn a good reputation, it's based >> > on intellectual qualities. And what's wrong with that? Why shouldn't we >> > value good thinking and good ideas? If there is a better way to do it, >> > nobody has thought of it yet. But you can bet your bottom dollar that there >> > is a small tribe of scholars working on that question too. >> > >> > Police state, my ass. Try to find any institution that's more open to new >> > ideas or more concerned with intellectual freedom. I honestly can't think >> > of >> > one single example. Can you? >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list >> > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> > Archives: >> > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> > http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> > >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
