getfiscal posted:random thoughts ("brain droppings"):
- i fell pretty hard for the smartest person i've ever met, she was like... xbox huge smarts. she didn't really care about politics or anything. i'd be like heh i'm pretty smart and she'd demolish my arguments without even really thinking much about it. she became a teaching librarian for kids. she's having a kid next month and is probably getting married. strong men also cry... strong men also cry.
- another woman i met who was really smart was a logic professor. she seemed really depressed by it all. she's cool.
- i'm not really sure how smart i am. like, pretty smart i guess, but stupid is as stupid does. also like when you're told you're smart as a kid and then you isolate yourself as an adult it's easy to believe you're a secret genius or something. i'm not really sure how'd you'd measure or test such things. plus like it's not a contest, what does it matter. still, if i weren't so depressed i'd probably try to figure a way to challenge myself rather than posting all day.
hey fart breath it literally doesnt matter at all how "smart" you are, what matters is consistency and work ethic. hoo rah
babyfinland posted:hey fart breath it literally doesnt matter at all how "smart" you are, what matters is consistency and work ethic. hoo rah
yes, but this from a man so slow-witted he read the quran and whispered "seems legit"
AmericanNazbro posted:solzhesnitchin posted:getfiscal posted:quind is like good will hunting smart. how do you like them apples.
i don't necessarily doubt that. i just think that almost all contemporary marxian economic analysis is basically garbage, even if plenty of smart people are into it
have you read/heard kliman? or are you talking about post-marxists or whatever by the 'contemporary marxian"?
why the fuck wouldnt he have heard of kliman you absolute ponce. These noobs... good gravy
getfiscal posted:babyfinland posted:hey fart breath it literally doesnt matter at all how "smart" you are, what matters is consistency and work ethic. hoo rah
yes, but this from a man so slow-witted he read the quran and whispered "seems legit"
im just a working joe dont pay me no mind
AmericanNazbro posted:He's right.
thanks watching it now
getfiscal posted:quind was a poster on LF famous for the following things:
- he posted a thread asking to buy weed online
- he posted a thread suggesting that the rape of german women by advancing soviet soldiers could be seen as a positive thing and everyone got mad
- he said that he rapped in front of black people and everyone clapped
- he was the first maoist-third worldist, i probably being the second, before it became a meme
- he dropped out of grad school, became republican and applied to become an electrician or something before he went back to leftism (he's now a FRSO member)
- he's smart
all these things are really cool
Keven posted:theres no metric by which you can be called "smart" in post school life so if thats something important to you i'd recommend grad school
i dunno, i'm not sure everyone that likes learning things needs to teach for a living. it'd be like enjoying looking at art so you have to become a professional painter or something. for dumb reasons it's how research is done nowadays but whatever.
getfiscal posted:getfiscal posted:
i dunno, i'm not sure everyone that likes learning things needs to teach for a living. it'd be like enjoying looking at art so you have to become a professional painter or something. for dumb reasons it's how research is done nowadays but whatever.
what about a research position?
i have a couple friends that just do pure research in postdoc now, and apparently that's kind of the name of the game. like their advisors told them that they should do anything they can to shirk teaching responsibilities, that noone cares if you were a good ta or a terrible one, and that what is important is to attach yourself as a research assistant to a prof who brings in outside grant money
getfiscal posted:random thoughts ("brain droppings"):
- i fell pretty hard for the smartest person i've ever met, she was like... xbox huge smarts. she didn't really care about politics or anything. i'd be like heh i'm pretty smart and she'd demolish my arguments without even really thinking much about it. she became a teaching librarian for kids. she's having a kid next month and is probably getting married. strong men also cry... strong men also cry.
- another woman i met who was really smart was a logic professor. she seemed really depressed by it all. she's cool.
- i'm not really sure how smart i am. like, pretty smart i guess, but stupid is as stupid does. also like when you're told you're smart as a kid and then you isolate yourself as an adult it's easy to believe you're a secret genius or something. i'm not really sure how'd you'd measure or test such things. plus like it's not a contest, what does it matter. still, if i weren't so depressed i'd probably try to figure a way to challenge myself rather than posting all day.
how do you define 'smarts' or 'genius' anyway? IQ? Knowledge of Hoxaism? Being able to ironically deconstruct popular culture?
This isn't directed at you personally (i'm sure most of us here can relate) but it does beg the question of what sort of intellectual ability is valued in today's topsy turvy world.
NoFreeWill posted:there are literally corporate sponsored classes where students do work that benefits a corporation for free (they might get jobs!).
i got a flyer in the mail from one of my old schools announcing the opening of their new "Center to defend intellectual property" or something. HMMmmm I wonder whos funding that shop
ilmdge posted:NoFreeWill posted:
there are literally corporate sponsored classes where students do work that benefits a corporation for free (they might get jobs!).
i got a flyer in the mail from one of my old schools announcing the opening of their new "Center to defend intellectual property" or something. HMMmmm I wonder whos funding that shop
the university of sydney has a think tank called the 'U.S. Studies Centre' whose members always crop up in the media to apologize for America. It's bankrolled by rupert murdoch lol
must have been the trial of the century
NoFreeWill posted:us education has ceased to function for the purpose of education and now exists to further corporate profit, so yes that's how it works.
yeah because it used to be any different
ilmdge posted:iwc can you fill in the background on this
clearly some kind of kid prostitution case
ilmdge posted:iwc can you fill in the background on this
must have been the trial of the century
wow will this is going to do nothing to dispel notions of Australia's parochial and small nature but i've actually seen this goat in the flesh. Some local eccentric has him as a pet and basically spends all day walking with his pet goat around downtown Sydney, especially the financial district, letting it eat the plants at the local parks. The cops kept harrassing the dude but it turns out there's actually no law against goats chilling in the city.
i think it's name was Gary.
AmericanNazbro posted:NoFreeWill posted:us education has ceased to function for the purpose of education and now exists to further corporate profit, so yes that's how it works.
yeah because it used to be any different
Pretty sure US education started started as a bunch of social clubs for rich landowners or religious schools where the middle class dumped third sons
roseweird posted:do people make jokes about how awful it would be to get stuck with an american doctor in an emergency yet
the only thing awful would be the bill.
wasted posted:the only thing awful would be the bill.
*dons turban* *rips and blows open envelope, removes paper*
"What does receiving emergency care from an American doctor, and cunnilingus from Donald Duck have in common?"