I think another factor here is that social sciences inhabit this uncomfortable space between so-called "hard sciences" and the humanities. Go too...
I always get a chuckle when people remark that they sometimes program in Assembly. I'm thinking: well, couldn't you take that even further...
There is something to this, but I am generally inclined to agree with Seattle here. Obscurantism isn't the aim (except in isolated instances--think...
Can't help but to think of Katie Britt's response to the SOTU here. Everyone is so focused on how bizarre and hilarious it was--I mean, I've watched...
Jesus, this thread really blew up while I was unconscious. (Not pertinent, but I have a "thing": I'm awake for days on end, perhaps getting an hour...
Check out Straw Dogs <<<. He's written a number of books since, but Straw Dogs is where he expounds upon this most thoroughly. And it's just a...
Yeah, there seems to be a rather strong tradition, both within "scientific communities" as well as "atheist communities", of pretending that this is...
In other circumstances, I might be somewhat more sympathetic here. All this "revenge" stuff and paranoia might suggest that this person has some...
Also: So, you couldn't just take my word for it? (emphasis mine--yet again.) You seriously need to work on your reading comprehension. I mean, I...
Ok, we're good to this point. But then... Go fuck yourself, James. You are a loathesome, petty and habitually dishonest little man. You really...
Certainly such eventualities need to be planned for, but it's just that: they are exceptionally rare. And I suspect that most people are well aware...
Personally, I think that the inevitable introduction of that preposterous scenario wherein a woman seeks an abortion one day prior to the intended...
Sigh. I don't know why, but I feel like I've also got to note this: OK. So, if I was unaware of this thread, how exactly is is that I post not...
Jesus Fucking Christ. From my first post--again: (emphasis mine. Again.) So how would I be unaware of a thread which I cite by name? Nope. I...
Interesting. So you assumed that I was unaware of the content of this thread--this very thread that I referenced in my first post? (For the...
I'm seldom thorough, at least with respect to posting on the interwebs. Yes, it's a bad habit. However, I'll note that I did say this in my first...
Already have--nice little dig, though! Do you always assume that people who disagree with you haven't read through the pertinent material or...
For the record, this is Sarkus's first post in this thread--which has since been moved to another thread entitled Sarkus trolls a thread about...
Unfortunately, this does seem to be the inescapable conclusion. All of the alternative explanations I've come across, which purport to account for...
Still, consideration of history and observance of patterns of behavior ought to factor into how--or even if--one chooses to respond. I certainly...
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