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0 pointshooskerdu7mo ago0 comments

Reminds me of a number of grad students I knew who could “talk circles” around all sorts of subjects but failed to ever be able to apply anything.

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Terr_7mo ago

Heh, but just because a human can fail at something doesn't mean everything that fails at it is human. :p

famouswaffles7mo ago

Right, but if you're saying that something is 'incapable of reasoning' because of a failure mode also found in humans, then either humans are 'incapable of reasoning' or you concede that failure mode isn't a justification for that gross assertion. You can't have it both ways.

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0 pointshooskerdu7mo ago0 comments

Reminds me of a number of grad students I knew who could “talk circles” around all sorts of subjects but failed to ever be able to apply anything.

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Terr_7mo ago

Heh, but just because a human can fail at something doesn't mean everything that fails at it is human. :p

famouswaffles7mo ago

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