Shall Mr Vacula Make a Misstep in the Capital of Eire?

#6661

New avatar. Not sure I'm entirely happy with it :/

#6662

sacha wrote:
does dog mum count?

Typo?

Guest · #6663

bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple. Which is why I don't understand why men have the reputation for being shallow, and 'obsessed with appearances' while women get to claim that they care about the 'real person inside'.

And when it is the left-hand, it's likely the guy has a lot of money and/or power.

#6664

bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple...

Well, yes, I agree but you need to ask how often the woman in the right-hand drawing was that size when the couple first got together. I'd guess that more often than not she blew up like she swallowed a hand grenade right after the "I dos" or the "I'm pregnant".

#6665

bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple. Which is why I don't understand why men have the reputation for being shallow, and 'obsessed with appearances' while women get to claim that they care about the 'real person inside'.

Some women claim to be more interested in the "person inside" as long as the person outside fulfills a series of mercenary requirements for exactly the same reason the Nazis put "Arbeit Macht Frei" above the gates of the concentration camps: Because straight-up making you suffer isn't enough, there has to be an extra level of mind-fuckery on top of it.

Godwinned!

#6666

Gefan wrote:
bovarchist wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...
The funny thing is, in the real world you see the right-hand couple far more often than the left-hand couple...
Well, yes, I agree but you need to ask how often the woman in the right-hand drawing was that size when the couple first got together. I'd guess that more often than not she blew up like she swallowed a hand grenade right after the "I dos" or the "I'm pregnant".

Q. What's the difference between a girlfriend and a wife?

A. At least 40 lbs.

#6667

Slither wrote:As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations.

<snip>

10/10
I frothed.

#6668

AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.

#6669

Parody Accountant wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.
Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.

I got 42. Make of that what you will.

#6670

I got 18. I seem to suck at Asperging...

#6671

Speaking of autism: what you never wanted - a chance to see Grimalkin and Kassiane from A+ (with sweaty PZ in the background) talk about neurodivergence for an hour:

[youtube]NWXGUCkxZ6E[/youtube]

#6672

Metalogic42 wrote:
I got 42. Make of that what you will.

Fits with the nym though.

#6673

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I got 18. I seem to suck at Asperging...

I scored 9. I'm even suckier at it.

#6674

Apples wrote:Speaking of autism: what you never wanted - a chance to see Grimalkin and Kassiane from A+ (with sweaty PZ in the background) talk about neurodivergence for an hour:

[youtube]NWXGUCkxZ6E[/youtube]

They look like the kind of people who make themselves look different from most people so they can revel in how different they are.

#6675

Can't wait for Myers to dye his hair some shade of red.

#6676

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Can't wait for Myers to dye his hair some shade of red.

Nah, Myers will go blue, so he has something to discuss over drinks with Twatson.

#6677

Carrier feels better having related stories of horrible misogyny, like when all the men of the ship crowded the gym when the hot female officer worked out. Yes, yes, it sounds like a scene from every B military thriller from the late 80s and early 90s...somehow I imagine starring Kevin Costner, and somehow Demi Moore has to be in there too...but it was truly terrible, and eye opening.

#6678

Red would suit him better (blue is too close to his beard's color, not flashy enough). But really, what the fuck is going on with these folks and their hair?

It is interesting to note that Myers has no problems mingling with A+ fuckwits. He's a lost cause, or he never visited that bag of shite forum that is A+.

#6679

Sorry, bit on the angry side today. My internet subsciption is still not in effect, temperatures at home are near 30Â°C even with the AC on, and I have two days to finish preparing the flat for my brother-in-law, his wife, and their 2 years old kid.

I think I need a drink...

#6680

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Red would suit him better (blue is too close to his beard's color, not flashy enough). But really, what the fuck is going on with these folks and their hair?

It is interesting to note that Myers has no problems mingling with A+ fuckwits. He's a lost cause, or he never visited that bag of shite forum that is A+.

Color-coded oppression olympics. The more your hair deviates from the norm, the more oppressed you are!

#6681

I'll go with Octarine, then.

#6682

Metalogic42 wrote:New avatar. Not sure I'm entirely happy with it :/

I likes it, although I would crop about half the dead space on the left to balance it better.

I will miss the old avatar, which was full of stop-and-look-at-this awesome.

#6683

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I'll go with Octarine, then.

You'll never be as oppressed as me!!!

http://nerdnirvana.org/wp-content/uploa ... 32x500.jpg

#6684

Very oppressed indeed. They won't even let you post a picture here.

#6685

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:A friend posted this on FB:

http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/156192.jpg

It seems we're slowly solving the mystery...

A few years ago there was a terrible reality show wherein hot girls dated geeky rich guys and hunky guys without a pot to piss in. At the end they would choose who they wanted to be with. They never chose the geeky and so the show was short lived. Eye opening to me.

#6686

Zenspace wrote:
Metalogic42 wrote:New avatar. Not sure I'm entirely happy with it :/
I likes it, although I would crop about half the dead space on the left to balance it better.

I will miss the old avatar, which was full of stop-and-look-at-this awesome.

Meh, changed it.

#6687

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Very oppressed indeed. They won't even let you post a picture here.

I told you I was oppressed. You can pity me all you want now :(

#6688

Metalogic42 wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.
Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.
I got 42. Make of that what you will.

I got 17....

#6689

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Red would suit him better (blue is too close to his beard's color, not flashy enough). But really, what the fuck is going on with these folks and their hair?

http://i.imgur.com/LpjoVef.jpg
I know, right?

#6690

ERV wrote:
Remick wrote:
ERV wrote: Yes. I fully understand that some people needed a free-speech zone to vent, but I am fucking sick of it.

Eating lemon curd and watching 'Luther'.
Are you up to date, or watching previous seasons?
Previous.

I savor TV shows I really like when they are limited (eg I just saw the last episode of 'Sherlock', I havent seen all the episodes of 'Firefly'). I do the same with books. But now that a new season of Luther started, I can watch more episodes.

:-D

Makes sense, seems like the end of season three for Luther will be the lead in for a movie. Sherlock has to be one of my favorite shows right now.

#6691

Metalogic42 wrote:
Parody Accountant wrote:
Neat test.

I got a 25, and was convinced my answers were going to doom me. I could see retaking the same thing and scoring a point or two different another time, but I'm not near that 32 point threshold.
I got 42. Make of that what you will.

I got a 10

#6692

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Sorry, bit on the angry side today. My internet subsciption is still not in effect, temperatures at home are near 30Â°C even with the AC on, and I have two days to finish preparing the flat for my brother-in-law, his wife, and their 2 years old kid.

I think I need a drink...

Try 45Âº & no a/c. (Norther California.) It does make one cranky. We've been making sangria of late.

#6693

[quote="AndrewV69"]In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
[quote]

246

#6694

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Can't wait for Myers to dye[].

Next on FTB: "Phil Giordana issues a badly-spelled threat on PZ Myer's life!"

#6695

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I got 18. I seem to suck at Asperging...

I believe the correct noun is "Assburgling".

#6696

Latest Ally Fogg:

Zimmerman, Martin and patriarchal misandry: An intersectional analysis
http://freethoughtblogs.com/hetpat/2013 ... -analysis/

(no comments from the penny section please)

#6697

I can't believe that nobody knows who Tom Verrana is.

I'll give you a hint:

It's Rook Hawkins, the self taught biblical scholar who 'translated the entire bible from Greek' and former RSS member.

Carrier apparently doesn't know this.

#6698

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

246

What a stupid "test". They might as well ask, "are you aspie?".

I can score whatever I want on that test because the questions are super fucking obvious.

#6699

debaser71 wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
What a stupid "test". They might as well ask, "are you aspie?".

I can score whatever I want on that test because the questions are super fucking obvious.

I scored as 11, faithfully answering. Though I often feel these tests want estimations that are often up to my moods and I might then tend to (in case of â€œslightlyâ€ answers) go for what I â€œlike to think of myselfâ€, where I'm skeptical if this estimation would hold up against really measuring. Could be, could be not.

#6700

Regarding the Autism-Spectrum Quotient

Agree: 12,22,23,43,46: 1 point
Disagree: 11,14,24,30,37: 1 point

Score: 10

I included the break-down for you Aspies who like that kind of thing.

I find that many of you are far more socially 'tarded and generally fucked up than me to be both disturbing and hilarious.

#6701

Apples wrote:Speaking of autism: what you never wanted - a chance to see Grimalkin and Kassiane from A+ (with sweaty PZ in the background) talk about neurodivergence for an hour:

[youtube]NWXGUCkxZ6E[/youtube]

It wasn't that bad, I listened to the whole hour.
The sexuality thing with Greta and crew on the other hand was kind of creepy, I didn't last 5 minutes trying to listen to that one.
One thing I completely agree with Kassiane with; bleach enemas are probably not a good treatment for autism.

#6702

Aneris wrote:
debaser71 wrote:
AndrewV69 wrote:In other news, I scored 30 and so apparently I fail as an Aspie. For those interested, Take The AQ Test:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
What a stupid "test". They might as well ask, "are you aspie?".

I can score whatever I want on that test because the questions are super fucking obvious.
I scored as 11, faithfully answering. Though I often feel these tests want estimations that are often up to my moods and I might then tend to (in case of â€œslightlyâ€ answers) go for what I â€œlike to think of myselfâ€, where I'm skeptical if this estimation would hold up against really measuring. Could be, could be not.

I answered as honestly as I could. I attribute my score to being a sweet and lovable person despite kicking ass generally, but mostly due to my being 1. A mathematical idiot who couldn't remember a phone number if you tattooed it on my glans and then made me drink lots of water and 2. Not being inflexible when it comes to my routine. Not having anything like a routine and being basically disorganized helps, as does my understanding that there is nothing planned that doesn't just go tits up immediately. Going batshit when things go wrong is for Bridezillas and people who beat their cars at the side of the road. Oh, yeah, and Rainmen.

#6703

dresq wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Can't wait for Myers to dye[].
Next on FTB: "Phil Giordana issues a badly-spelled threat on PZ Myer's life!"

Should I quotemine Phil again on my signature, so he now looks like an homicidal maniac? I was thinking of something like:

Can't wait for Myers to dye [sic] (...) red

- Phil Giordana, notorious Slymepitter, on a poor-spelled threat to kill PZ Myers and drink his blood.

[youtube]v=vSfrbqCQr78[/youtube]

#6704

Oh, botched the embed of the codifiyng moment on quote-mining:

[youtube]vSfrbqCQr78[/youtube]

#6705

I got a 13 on that test, trying to answer honestly.

Found this on Very Demotivational, and immediately thought of our SJW friends:

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7677798400/hF528DBC5/

I also have to wonder at the multi-colored hair phenomenon. I'm not sure the (possibly) armchair diagnosis that people who do that are unhappy with their appearance or with who they are. I know a few people who do that, and I am not sure that is correct, just from a very small sample size. But I can see it with some of these people. I also remember the old joke about people being non-conformist by following a crowd (something like "I'm so unique I'm going to do the same thing as all these other people").

#6706

Jan Steen wrote:
Slither wrote:As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations.

You might recall from up-thread it being mentioned that Richard Carrier was extremely upset that someone put a link to Stephanie Fisher's critique of his book on his Wikipedia page. He edited his page to remove this, and wrote an "official response" (one wonders what an unofficial response would look like). Fisher's critique is more than 8000 words long, but I decided to look further into one specific matter.

Richard Carrier claims that the field of New Testament Studies has "collapsed into a chaos of opinions" about Jesus, and cites one Tom Verenna as an authority who claims this. Fisher states that Verenna is simply unqualified to make such a statement about an entire academic field of study. This upsets Carrier, who spends a good part of his "official response" defending Verenna. Verenna is "completely competent", according to Carrier, has "considerable skill" and Fisher's remarks are an insult to a scholar in the field. Moreover, according to Carrier, Verenna has "published a chapter on this subject in a peer reviewed academic book"!

Well! Certainly one should have wonderful credentials to be able to criticize an entire field of study! So, let's take a look at the Tom Verenna who Carrier views as an expert.

Verenna's chapter in a "peer reviewed academic book" is described on Carrier's Amazon.com store, and his CV can be found here. (In case the gentle reader is concerned that Verenna's CV might be out-of-date, notice that the CV lists the book, so must be at least as recent as the book.) And what do we find? We find that Tom Verenna, who according to Carrier is eminently qualified to critique the whole field of New Testament Studies, is a sophomore of Northampton Community College. And before that, was a student at none other than Montgomery Community College! So, yes, this scholar of Carrier's is just an undergrad at a local community college.

But, you might cry, Carrier said that this book was a "peer reviewed academic book"! So, let's take a look at it. Notice that one of the two editors is none other than Tom Verenna. So, Verenna's chapter appeared in the book he himself edited! Not to worry, Carrier cries in one of his other blog posts, the other contributers to this book "peer-reviewed" Verenna's chapter! (Why does Carrier know so much about how this book was written?) So, according to Carrier, the way peer review works is that an editor chooses people to contribute to a book, who then approve of the editor's own chapter in said book. No conflict of interest there! Isn't peer review wonderful!

Now, knowing you pytters, I'm sure none of you are at all skeptical about Carrier, Verenna or this supposed academic book at this point. I am, however, a horrible horrible person, so I decided to take a look at the press who'd print an "academic" book edited by an undergrad with such an interesting definition of peer-review.

Verenna's book was printed by Equinox Press, and you can find their Author Form for Book Proposals here. Notice that his form doesn't ask for text or sample chapters. It does ask for biographical information, but only "for preparing the jacket copy and the title page of the book, and as a basis for catalogue and leaflet entries and press releases." It asks for a brief bio sketch for the jacket copy, and a short blurb for advertising purposes. And it does ask for the names of "reviewers", because they "may wish to send the draft manuscript" to reviewers "to improve the final draft of the manuscript". So, in other words, this "scholarly" press thinks it is really, really important to have the jacket copy written immediately, and getting a copy of the actual book or, for that matter, a critical review of the contents, not so much.

So, this is what Carrier views as a "peer reviewed academic book", and the credentials of an eminent scholar in his chosen field of study. It turns out, moreover, that chapters of this book are used as sources in his own book. Isn't Carrier just an amazing scholar!
It wouldn't surprise me if this Tom Verenna was one of the 'major professors' who reviewed Carrier's forthcoming book on the historicity of Jeebus.

Carrier is the Dunning-Kruger effect personified. Two years ago he wrote a post in which he proposed a radical new idea in physics in order to resolve the EPR paradox. The only catch was that he didn't know enough physics to put his idea in mathematical form, so he called on all physicists to examine his proposal and to let him know if it made any sense.

It is all a bit sad, really. But if schadenfreude is your thing, you may want have a peek at his post.

http://richardcarrier.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... cists.html

The opening paragraph displays all the symptoms of the crackpot:

Over the years I have been mulling a problem in metaphysics: the ontological mysteries of Quantum Mechanics. I have been developing a theory in this regard (see, for example, The Ontology of Time and my unresolved alternatives in Sense and Goodness without God, pp. 98-99, III.4.1), and now, informed by some recent discoveries and publications in the sciences (and finally a stronger understanding of EPR experiments), I am able to write up a proposal intelligibly enough for an actual physicist to evaluate it.

Thank you. Entertaining and informative. The last quote is gold! Lots of lulz. Ta.

#6707

free thoughtpolice wrote: The sexuality thing with Greta and crew on the other hand was kind of creepy, I didn't last 5 minutes trying to listen to that one.

Would it have been better if Greta's mic was muted so you couldn't hear her pendulous meat-flaps ululating?

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7446093568/hC161A697/

#6708

Mykeru wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote: The sexuality thing with Greta and crew on the other hand was kind of creepy, I didn't last 5 minutes trying to listen to that one.
Would it have been better if Greta's mic was muted so you couldn't hear her pendulous meat-flaps ululating?

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7446093568/hC161A697/

Yeah, pretty funny but when you're ready to do a video about it let me know.

I do like your vidz... juss sayin'.

#6709

Jan Steen wrote: ...Carrier is the Dunning-Kruger effect personified. Two years ago he wrote a post in which he proposed a radical new idea in physics in order to resolve the EPR paradox. The only catch was that he didn't know enough physics to put his idea in mathematical form, so he called on all physicists to examine his proposal and to let him know if it made any sense.

It is all a bit sad, really. But if schadenfreude is your thing, you may want have a peek at his post.

http://richardcarrier.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... cists.html

The opening paragraph displays all the symptoms of the crackpot:

Over the years I have been mulling a problem in metaphysics: the ontological mysteries of Quantum Mechanics. I have been developing a theory in this regard (see, for example, The Ontology of Time and my unresolved alternatives in Sense and Goodness without God, pp. 98-99, III.4.1), and now, informed by some recent discoveries and publications in the sciences (and finally a stronger understanding of EPR experiments), I am able to write up a proposal intelligibly enough for an actual physicist to evaluate it.

Carrier reminds me of the opening lines of Douglas Adams' "Shada".

"At the age of five, Skagra, decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant".

With their hipster glasses, attention-junkie dye-jobs, and intellectual egomania these people are the distillation of the "Fox News liberal".

#6710

Mykeru wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote: The sexuality thing with Greta and crew on the other hand was kind of creepy, I didn't last 5 minutes trying to listen to that one.
Would it have been better if Greta's mic was muted so you couldn't hear her pendulous meat-flaps ululating?

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7446093568/hC161A697/

Is that something like an hour-long queef?

I scored 19 BTW, I'm sure you were all wondering.

#6711

Well, look at what you've done! Cromunist is packing it in.

First Loftus, now Crommie? Maybe Ed and Peez can give his slot to half-fish. That will definitely fill the hole that this will leave.

(He is still going to be blogging, sporadically, at his old blog that no one will go to, but he's giving his spot at FfTB to someone else. Too bad he's not getting out of healthcare as well - that would probably make a lot of people sleep easier, or maybe stay healthier.)

#6712

Slither wrote:As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations.

You might recall from up-thread it being mentioned that Richard Carrier was extremely upset that someone put a link to Stephanie Fisher's critique of his book on his Wikipedia page. He edited his page to remove this, and wrote an "official response" (one wonders what an unofficial response would look like). Fisher's critique is more than 8000 words long, but I decided to look further into one specific matter.

Richard Carrier claims that the field of New Testament Studies has "collapsed into a chaos of opinions" about Jesus, and cites one Tom Verenna as an authority who claims this. Fisher states that Verenna is simply unqualified to make such a statement about an entire academic field of study. This upsets Carrier, who spends a good part of his "official response" defending Verenna. Verenna is "completely competent", according to Carrier, has "considerable skill" and Fisher's remarks are an insult to a scholar in the field. Moreover, according to Carrier, Verenna has "published a chapter on this subject in a peer reviewed academic book"!

Well! Certainly one should have wonderful credentials to be able to criticize an entire field of study! So, let's take a look at the Tom Verenna who Carrier views as an expert.

Verenna's chapter in a "peer reviewed academic book" is described on Carrier's Amazon.com store, and his CV can be found here. (In case the gentle reader is concerned that Verenna's CV might be out-of-date, notice that the CV lists the book, so must be at least as recent as the book.) And what do we find? We find that Tom Verenna, who according to Carrier is eminently qualified to critique the whole field of New Testament Studies, is a sophomore of Northampton Community College. And before that, was a student at none other than Montgomery Community College! So, yes, this scholar of Carrier's is just an undergrad at a local community college.

But, you might cry, Carrier said that this book was a "peer reviewed academic book"! So, let's take a look at it. Notice that one of the two editors is none other than Tom Verenna. So, Verenna's chapter appeared in the book he himself edited! Not to worry, Carrier cries in one of his other blog posts, the other contributers to this book "peer-reviewed" Verenna's chapter! (Why does Carrier know so much about how this book was written?) So, according to Carrier, the way peer review works is that an editor chooses people to contribute to a book, who then approve of the editor's own chapter in said book. No conflict of interest there! Isn't peer review wonderful!

Now, knowing you pytters, I'm sure none of you are at all skeptical about Carrier, Verenna or this supposed academic book at this point. I am, however, a horrible horrible person, so I decided to take a look at the press who'd print an "academic" book edited by an undergrad with such an interesting definition of peer-review.

Verenna's book was printed by Equinox Press, and you can find their Author Form for Book Proposals here. Notice that his form doesn't ask for text or sample chapters. It does ask for biographical information, but only "for preparing the jacket copy and the title page of the book, and as a basis for catalogue and leaflet entries and press releases." It asks for a brief bio sketch for the jacket copy, and a short blurb for advertising purposes. And it does ask for the names of "reviewers", because they "may wish to send the draft manuscript" to reviewers "to improve the final draft of the manuscript". So, in other words, this "scholarly" press thinks it is really, really important to have the jacket copy written immediately, and getting a copy of the actual book or, for that matter, a critical review of the contents, not so much.

So, this is what Carrier views as a "peer reviewed academic book", and the credentials of an eminent scholar in his chosen field of study. It turns out, moreover, that chapters of this book are used as sources in his own book. Isn't Carrier just an amazing scholar!

Knowing who Tom Verrana is makes this soooo fucking hilarious to me. I can't wait to see how Carrier handles it.

#6713

Rook fucking Hawkins...LMAO

#6714

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Sorry, bit on the angry side today. My internet subsciption is still not in effect, temperatures at home are near 30Â°C even with the AC on, and I have two days to finish preparing the flat for my brother-in-law, his wife, and their 2 years old kid.

I think I need a drink...

Try 45Âº & no a/c. (Norther California.) It does make one cranky. We've been making sangria of late.

clearly not SF 62F/16.6C overcast with a nice breeze. I love SF

and I scored 22

#6715

FrankGrimes wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote: The sexuality thing with Greta and crew on the other hand was kind of creepy, I didn't last 5 minutes trying to listen to that one.
Would it have been better if Greta's mic was muted so you couldn't hear her pendulous meat-flaps ululating?

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7446093568/hC161A697/
Yeah, pretty funny but when you're ready to do a video about it let me know.

I do like your vidz... juss sayin'.

1. An entire video on Greta's vibrating flaps would be, by definition, monotonous.

2. By definition also a violation of YouTube's TOS for "appropriate content".

I know no one believes this, but I have a handful of videos in various stages of completion. I'm simply not linear, I bounce back and forth. I also may have adult onset ADD. I may be channeling Francis Ford Coppola.

You know who I envy? This people who just do a Dillahunty Brain-Dump blathering without rhyme or reason for ten minutes and call it a day, or just talk over some floating text and a couple pictures and call it done. I'm easily bored and can easily bore myself. If I'm working on a video and I'm boring myself, or, more likely, became too enamored of blather I should really cut out -- then why on earth would someone who isn't me be entertained by any of it?

This morning I was cutting some footage from my bike helmet cam from where I had to drop my car off at an auto body place and bike back along some trails that brought my by where I used to live when married. I realized a VO on that footage, explaining the tense relationship between biking and my ex-wife who wouldn't let me by a high-end bike, would be a good way to segue into the bit I wrote about not being enamored with MGTOW and their marriage hard-luck stories.

That's how it works: You smack together two seemingly unrelated things, like A Day in the Life and you've got something which might be good but, free-standing was definitely crap.

I fear crap. I fear being Matt Dillahunty. I fear not taking that extra step to make sure a musical cue lands just so on the visuals.

You know what'll make me happy to do a one-week dump of these vids when completed because, trust me, their skeletons and dis-articulated bits are just staring at me. Fucking things.

#6716

Badger3k wrote:Well, look at what you've done! Cromunist is packing it in.

First Loftus, now Crommie? Maybe Ed and Peez can give his slot to half-fish. That will definitely fill the hole that this will leave.

(He is still going to be blogging, sporadically, at his old blog that no one will go to, but he's giving his spot at FfTB to someone else. Too bad he's not getting out of healthcare as well - that would probably make a lot of people sleep easier, or maybe stay healthier.)

Good riddance to the fat fucking clown.

#6717

Badger3k wrote:Well, look at what you've done! Cromunist is packing it in.

First Loftus, now Crommie? Maybe Ed and Peez can give his slot to half-fish. That will definitely fill the hole that this will leave.

(He is still going to be blogging, sporadically, at his old blog that no one will go to, but he's giving his spot at FfTB to someone else. Too bad he's not getting out of healthcare as well - that would probably make a lot of people sleep easier, or maybe stay healthier.)

Can't believe that Patheos didn't snag him. After all, they took Evertard and he was the worst blogger of the lot IMHO.

#6718

Skeeve wrote:Rook fucking Hawkins...LMAO

Shhh.. not so loud. You'll attract that other boring cunt from the RRS forum. We've only just got him to shut up.

P.S. Rook Hawkins....Hahahaha!

#6719

Regarding that test.

I can't answer honestly because I know their "agenda". I know what they are driving at. So for me to answer "honestly" I sort of have to try and un-know what I know...and that's inherently dishonest.

And like others have said, I could try and answer honestly but depending on my mood, and current situation, I'd answer differently. Also, the questions are filled with ambiguity. For example when they ask about a "party"...there are a lot of kinds of parties. And the library? The assumption is a library is a quiet calm place. Not crowded. ... Yeah right. So do I answer 'honestly" or do I interpret the question in a certain way as to answer the gist of the question instead of the reality of my situation? etc Fun, interesting, but completely bogus. IMO.

#6720

Mykeru wrote:[...] That's how it works: You smack together two seemingly unrelated things, like A Day in the Life and you've got something which might be good but, free-standing was definitely crap. [...]

Exactly. What you wrote is very similar for me. Including forgetting numbers. But I am very good in seeing patterns, trends and tendencies, which always was more important when I learned e.g. history. The dates and numbers I only memorized the hard way so I have some reference points, but this reversed way worked out very good (people learn numbers then seem to forgot what they are for, and then forget them after some time, too). Myers-Briggs (no, I don't believe in it, but it's useful on occasion) probably makes you an ENTP. Your online persona is also that of a trickster character, in some way.

Here are, in that spirit, TWO talks.

[youtube]OLHh9E5ilZ4[/youtube]

[youtube]f9rtmxJrKwc[/youtube]