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An Academia Test.

brainflame

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Here is the test. Who here would like to know the real truth about anything. Because of you consider yourself to be an academic, but aren't interested in knowing the real truth, you are fooling yourself. Because without wanting to know the real truth, you aren't an academic. You're a moron.
 
brainflame said:
Here is the test. Who here would like to know the real truth about anything. Because of you consider yourself to be an academic, but aren't interested in knowing the real truth, you are fooling yourself. Because without wanting to know the real truth, you aren't an academic. You're a moron.
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It’s been my observation that the phrase “the real truth” is only used by conspiracy theorists or those proposing some pseudoscience.

And I’ve also found that anyone one who feels the need to state that what they’re going to say is the truth (except in direct response to someone else’s claim) is probably not going to be telling the truth. This is along the vein of people who say “trust me” are not to be trusted and “I’m not racist/sexist/homophobic/anti-Semitic” means the person is about to say something that is.
 
I am shocked.
 
Everyone has their own ideas of "truth" just like everyone has their own interpretation of "facts".

I don't want to know the truth, that sounds definite. I just want it to be interesting enough to want to know more.
 
brainflame said:
Here is the test. Who here would like to know the real truth about anything. Because of you consider yourself to be an academic, but aren't interested in knowing the real truth, you are fooling yourself. Because without wanting to know the real truth, you aren't an academic. You're a moron.
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What made you think of that? Be more specific.
 
brainflame said:
Here is the test. Who here would like to know the real truth about anything. Because of you consider yourself to be an academic, but aren't interested in knowing the real truth, you are fooling yourself. Because without wanting to know the real truth, you aren't an academic. You're a moron.
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What do you know about academics? How do you define them?
 
nota bene said:
What do you know about academics? How do you define them?
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How do academics not notice and ask about the depreciation of durable consumer goods half-a-century after the Moon landing?

So we have global warming and lots of pollution without massive discussion of planned obsolescence.

Academics keep themselves employed with pseudo-intellectual bullshit.

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psikeyhackr said:
How do academics not notice and ask about the depreciation of durable consumer goods half-a-century after the Moon landing?

So we have global warming and lots of pollution without massive discussion of planned obsolescence.

Academics keep themselves employed with pseudo-intellectual bullshit.

ToxicDrums.com

Former domain of a blog covering articles from a wide range of fields from science to entertainment.
www.toxicdrums.com www.toxicdrums.com
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So the answer to my question is "Not much."
 
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