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Forever.the.Student
(OP) User ID: 28441220 United States 03/12/2019 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks so very much for the pin ! "Things are more like they are right now than they ever have been." - Dwight D. Eisenhower In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing - Mark Twain it's all mental masturbation. Seeing through the game isn't winning the game ! "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Henry David Thoreau |
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Senior Forum Moderator 03/12/2019 11:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.insidehighered.com (secure)] They're going to crucify these guys. |
Forever.the.Student
(OP) User ID: 28441220 United States 03/12/2019 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Last I heard, Boghossian is now under investigation by his university, on the basis that performing this hoax amounts to "unauthorized human experimentation" on the journal editors and reviewers. Quoting: Dr. Deplorable Astromut [link to www.insidehighered.com (secure)] They're going to crucify these guys. "Things are more like they are right now than they ever have been." - Dwight D. Eisenhower In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing - Mark Twain it's all mental masturbation. Seeing through the game isn't winning the game ! "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Henry David Thoreau |
Forever.the.Student
(OP) User ID: 28441220 United States 03/12/2019 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Blowback Against a Hoax Author of a recent academic scam faces disciplinary action by Portland State, for failing to alert his research review board before hoodwinking journal editors with outrageous articles. Many say he's guilty of bad form, but did he commit misconduct? Video from article... (Thanks Astro) [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] Last Edited by Forever.the.Student on 03/12/2019 11:53 AM "Things are more like they are right now than they ever have been." - Dwight D. Eisenhower In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing - Mark Twain it's all mental masturbation. Seeing through the game isn't winning the game ! "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Henry David Thoreau |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75993659 Canada 03/12/2019 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Science, research, and published studies are all shit nowadays. Nearly the large majority of it is not empirical at all. In my final year of university studies I was hired part time at a toxicology lab at the university. They were doing research on the effect of benzene in fetal development (on rats and mice). The study was funded by several of the tobacco giants in Canada. When the study was complete, the funding sources did not like the results of the study (it showed horrible defects and increased cancer rates in the mothers and the fetuses). So the principal investigator was told to scrap it and redo it all and to "make sure it was done correctly" (aka in favour of the big tobacco funders). The new study secretly skewed the data and "showed" no cause of concern. And it was published in numerous journals. So yeah, ever since then I knew never to trust any piece of science from that point on. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75993659 Canada 03/12/2019 03:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Last I heard, Boghossian is now under investigation by his university, on the basis that performing this hoax amounts to "unauthorized human experimentation" on the journal editors and reviewers. Quoting: Dr. Deplorable Astromut [link to www.insidehighered.com (secure)] They're going to crucify these guys. They shouldnt worry. They'll be seen as heroes by the normal public. Only leftists, marxists, and mentally unstable people will be the ones who hate them. |
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User ID: 75251329 United States 03/12/2019 04:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Feminist studies Gender studies Race studies Intersectionality studies = complete garbage. Leftist agitprop brainwashing techniques to create new Marxist drones. That's what you college tuition buys you these days. Gen. John B Gordon and Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest were the finest citizen-soldiers birthed in America. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76202283 United States 03/12/2019 04:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just for fun I got a BA in my 30's, and I was amazed at the total bullshit that goes on in universities, and the kids just eat it up because they don't know any better. I had been married, worked a few jobs, and owned a business. I did a lot of arguing with the professors, and the kids looked bewildered, and completely confused. Those fucking idiots (professors), had never been out of academia. It should be against the law for anyone to teach that has never worked professionally in their given field. Academia is a total joke. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75993659 Canada 03/12/2019 05:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just for fun I got a BA in my 30's, and I was amazed at the total bullshit that goes on in universities, and the kids just eat it up because they don't know any better. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76202283 I had been married, worked a few jobs, and owned a business. I did a lot of arguing with the professors, and the kids looked bewildered, and completely confused. Those fucking idiots (professors), had never been out of academia. It should be against the law for anyone to teach that has never worked professionally in their given field. Academia is a total joke. And thats the problem with the school system. A person I went to high school with ended up being a teacher in high school. He teaches a business class. He has never once in his life operated any business whatsoever. |
FlashBuzzkill
User ID: 75251329 United States 03/12/2019 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just for fun I got a BA in my 30's, and I was amazed at the total bullshit that goes on in universities, and the kids just eat it up because they don't know any better. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76202283 I had been married, worked a few jobs, and owned a business. I did a lot of arguing with the professors, and the kids looked bewildered, and completely confused. Those fucking idiots (professors), had never been out of academia. It should be against the law for anyone to teach that has never worked professionally in their given field. Academia is a total joke. Those who can't do usually end up teaching. Lots of truth to that statement. Finding good teachers is a must for anyone serious about learning. Last Edited by FlashBuzzkill on 03/12/2019 06:19 PM Gen. John B Gordon and Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest were the finest citizen-soldiers birthed in America. |
Eilonwy
User ID: 77197203 United States 03/13/2019 09:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just for fun I got a BA in my 30's, and I was amazed at the total bullshit that goes on in universities, and the kids just eat it up because they don't know any better. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76202283 I had been married, worked a few jobs, and owned a business. I did a lot of arguing with the professors, and the kids looked bewildered, and completely confused. Those fucking idiots (professors), had never been out of academia. It should be against the law for anyone to teach that has never worked professionally in their given field. Academia is a total joke. Those who can't do usually end up teaching. Lots of truth to that statement. Finding good teachers is a must for anyone serious about learning. Perhaps we need to bring back apprenticeship for many professions, not just the trades. “A grower of turnips or shaper of clay, a commot Farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.” Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr |