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#91
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by ciao_yall - April 13, 2024, 08:56:17 AMMorning!
QBwG, last word tiki. LB got a nudge for physiques-soapbox.
Happy solving!
QBwG, last word tiki. LB got a nudge for physiques-soapbox.
Happy solving!
#92
General Academic Discussion / Re: Shelia Jackson Lee Insane ...
Last post by ciao_yall - April 13, 2024, 08:54:52 AMQuote from: dismalist on April 12, 2024, 08:24:11 PMQuote from: ciao_yall on April 12, 2024, 07:13:27 PMQuote from: dismalist on April 12, 2024, 01:45:54 PMThere is nothing strange here.
To once upon a time get sidelined by leadership? Führerprinzip is not preferable.
We vote for people who are good at getting elected! As usual, the problem is us.
I just learned a new awesome German word.
Oh, shit, there's an r missing. Do you know where it goes? :-)
#93
Research & Scholarship / Re: April Research Thread
Last post by Parasaurolophus - April 13, 2024, 08:48:07 AMBit of grading, bit of T1.
#94
General Academic Discussion / Re: Shelia Jackson Lee Insane ...
Last post by Wahoo Redux - April 13, 2024, 07:45:10 AMQuote"A full moon is that complete rounded circle which is made up mostly of gases, and that's why the question is why or how could we as humans live on the moon?" she said. "Are the gases such that we could do that?"
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"The sun is a mighty powerful heat, but it's almost impossible to go near the sun," Jackson Lee continued. "The moon is more manageable, and you will see in a moment—not a moment, you will see in a couple of years—that NASA is going back to the moon."
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"We have yet to know whether you can live on the moon. But I don't know about you, I want to be first in line to know how to live and to be able to survive on the moon—that's another planet which we're going to see shortly."
She is about the right age for the onset of dementia, which this sounds like to me.
#95
General Discussion / Re: The Tax Man Cometh!
Last post by apl68 - April 13, 2024, 06:53:48 AMFederal and state refunds have both arrived.
#96
General Academic Discussion / Re: Shelia Jackson Lee Insane ...
Last post by spork - April 13, 2024, 04:16:31 AMQuote from: Sun_Worshiper on April 12, 2024, 10:12:04 PMQuote from: spork on April 12, 2024, 04:56:12 PMQuote from: Sun_Worshiper on April 12, 2024, 01:58:56 PM[. . .]
To your second point, is it Yale's fault that one of their graduates is ignorant about space? Lots of well educated people are ignorant about lots of things.
[. . . ]
Given the words coming out of her mouth, she's not well-educated, she's just plain dumb. Or stupid. Or cognitively impaired. Whatever term you want to use. It's Yale's fault for admitting her, or, barring that, letting her graduate. Same for UVA Law.
Eh, maybe she was a great student, writes well, argues well, studied hard at the topics that she specializes in. Someone can be very good at one set of things - good enough to graduate from a top school, while being utterly ignorant about some other things. I know quite a few professors like this, as I imagine we all do. She was a political science student at Yale - should the professors in her political science department have failed her over her command of physics or astronomy?
I'm not really wanting to defend this woman. I had never heard of her until yesterday - maybe she is really not bright. But people calling her cognitively impaired or functionally illiterate based on being ignorant about the composition of the moon might want to take a deep breath, as may folks indicting Yale for her having studied there in the 1970s.
I'm not as old as she is, so maybe her elementary schooling was different from mine, but I did learn simple facts about the natural world like "the moon is made of rock," "the moon does not emit light," and "the moon is not a star" in 3rd grade. These are not advanced concepts in astronomy or physics that require Ph.D. level-study to understand. As for the fields of political science and law, they reputedly place a very high value on the ability to communicate effectively. She fails on that criteria also, given past public remarks.
If I had a student who expressed the same ignorance of the world with the same cadence, syntax, and vocabulary, I'd be asking if the student was illiterate or on drugs.
Perhaps this is further evidence that not all H-Y-P graduates, or law school graduates, are as smart as people assume they are. And as alluded to upthread, it's probably also an indicator of just how dumb many U.S. voters are.
#97
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Academic Fraud Clearinghou...
Last post by spork - April 13, 2024, 03:59:38 AMFrancesca Gino (Harvard) now also accused of plagiarism:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/11/harvard-business-gino-plagarism-allegations/
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/11/harvard-business-gino-plagarism-allegations/
#98
General Academic Discussion / Re: Shelia Jackson Lee Insane ...
Last post by Sun_Worshiper - April 12, 2024, 10:12:04 PMQuote from: spork on April 12, 2024, 04:56:12 PMQuote from: Sun_Worshiper on April 12, 2024, 01:58:56 PM[. . .]
To your second point, is it Yale's fault that one of their graduates is ignorant about space? Lots of well educated people are ignorant about lots of things.
[. . . ]
Given the words coming out of her mouth, she's not well-educated, she's just plain dumb. Or stupid. Or cognitively impaired. Whatever term you want to use. It's Yale's fault for admitting her, or, barring that, letting her graduate. Same for UVA Law.
Eh, maybe she was a great student, writes well, argues well, studied hard at the topics that she specializes in. Someone can be very good at one set of things - good enough to graduate from a top school, while being utterly ignorant about some other things. I know quite a few professors like this, as I imagine we all do. She was a political science student at Yale - should the professors in her political science department have failed her over her command of physics or astronomy?
I'm not really wanting to defend this woman. I had never heard of her until yesterday - maybe she is really not bright. But people calling her cognitively impaired or functionally illiterate based on being ignorant about the composition of the moon might want to take a deep breath, as may folks indicting Yale for her having studied there in the 1970s.
#99
General Academic Discussion / Re: Shelia Jackson Lee Insane ...
Last post by dismalist - April 12, 2024, 08:24:11 PMQuote from: ciao_yall on April 12, 2024, 07:13:27 PMQuote from: dismalist on April 12, 2024, 01:45:54 PMThere is nothing strange here.
To once upon a time get sidelined by leadership? Füherprinzip is not preferable.
We vote for people who are good at getting elected! As usual, the problem is us.
I just learned a new awesome German word.
Oh, shit, there's an r missing. Do you know where it goes? :-)
#100
General Academic Discussion / Re: Shelia Jackson Lee Insane ...
Last post by ciao_yall - April 12, 2024, 07:13:27 PMQuote from: dismalist on April 12, 2024, 01:45:54 PMThere is nothing strange here.
To once upon a time get sidelined by leadership? Füherprinzip is not preferable.
We vote for people who are good at getting elected! As usual, the problem is us.
I just learned a new awesome German word.