LordShiva and DaShi's homework: Teh Disadvantages of Elite Education

[Arrian]

You should probably have quoted the right poster, then, Ben.

-Arrian

[Lorizael]

I thought about pointing out that it made a lot more sense to apply the label of "Asher Jr" to Kuci, but then I didn't.

[Asher]

Whew.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Asher
What the **** -- I just realized I should be hating you.



I tire of your trickery! How come I liked you?

Our common lack of tact and dislike of Agathon?

And the facial hair isn't especially a fashion statement. I'm just too lazy to shave.

[Ben Kenobi]

You should probably have quoted the right poster, then, Ben.

The post actually makes sense if you assume I am agreeing with Elok, which is why I quoted his insightful statement.

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"He's not an all-star money-grubbing athlete, he's a pure academic." Asher justifying Hawking leaving Cambridge.

How is this sig material?

Originally posted by Asher
Ben, you are epic. I've never seen you be right on anything on this entire site. Seriously. Not even the simplest things. You blow my mind.

It's like he tries to pick up the side where he's as wrong as possible, then tries to improvise supporting arguments for the side he has chosen. It's very annoying if you happen to be on the same "side" of the dilemma, because his arguments are so infantile.

[Ben Kenobi]

How is this sig material?

Hawking is clearly doing it for financial reasons only. If he was adequately funded in Cambridge he would still be there rather then coming to Waterloo for the big bucks.

It's like he tries to pick up the side where he's as wrong as possible, then tries to improvise supporting arguments for the side he has chosen. It's very annoying if you happen to be on the same "side" of the dilemma, because his arguments are so infantile.

Gee. Labelling an opinion to which you disagree as infantile isn't exactly the height of debate.

If you've got a point about why what I've said is wrong, then fire away. Perhaps you can demonstrate to all of us how your position ought to be argued.

All I see here is rather long on heat and short on light.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Hawking is clearly doing it for financial reasons only. If he was adequately funded in Cambridge he would still be there rather then coming to Waterloo for the big bucks.

First of all, he's decided to stay in Cambridge.
Second of all, the funding isn't for his paycheque, it's for the facilities he needs to conduct research.

[Ben Kenobi]

First of all, he's decided to stay in Cambridge.

Good for Hawking.

Second of all, the funding isn't for his paycheque, it's for the facilities he needs to conduct research.

It's still fundamentally a dispute over funding.

I don't hold scientists to be any more saintly then athletes.

[LordShiva]

[Elok]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
It's still fundamentally a dispute over funding.

I don't hold scientists to be any more saintly then athletes.

So an athlete bucking for a bigger salary so he can snort larger amounts of cocaine off the boobies of more attractive hookers while driving his fifth luxury car is the same as Hawking wanting better equipment to calculate vectors and crap with?

[Wiglaf]

Vectors and crap

I was wondering what Hawking was up to.

[Elok]

Specifically, he's calculating the vectors involved in me crapping on your face. I was going to let it be a surprise, but since you're so inquisitive...

[Ben Kenobi]

So an athlete bucking for a bigger salary so he can snort larger amounts of cocaine off the boobies of more attractive hookers while driving his fifth luxury car is the same as Hawking wanting better equipment to calculate vectors and crap with?

And Hawking is the most avaricious of the scientists? My point is that they aren't as pure as the driven snow as some seem to hold them in high esteem.

[Asher]

My point is that they aren't as pure as the driven snow as some seem to hold them in high esteem.

Based on what, exactly?