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jfz9580m

(16,492 posts)
57. It's entitlement that's what it is
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 11:45 PM
Dec 6

And this is an asymmetry our predatory ruling class and their enablers exploit to the fucking hilt.

The average scientist say has a deep sense of obligation to the science and the scientific community.
I’ll be blunt and say I recognize none to the Trumper crowd around these days or to the predatory fucking technofascists of Google etc. Beyond a point it is making a joke of genuine obligations to science to shill a mix of mob justice or predatory data mining elites as the fix for what should be a public sector undertaking with experts who don’t have conflicts of interest nor behave like a mob.


No - a damn Ai “agent” cannot replace a hima Ori that doesn’t take liberties or an openended “quest”.
And some sort of sleazy Facebook mob.


I have been trying to dissect why every way in which the people I have encountered since 2011 think disgusts me.
It’s not secretive and elitist that an expert who is hired by a civilized govt has limits on what they can demand of a publicly funded scientist or implicitly recognizes conflicts of interest and doesn’t promote theatre or a spectacle as open science.

That’s making a mockery of publicly funded science for internet companies.
The actual thing is hard, effortful, low reward but a serious obligation in ways these fucking parasites don’t understand.

Publicly funded scientists don’t cheat because there is no point in that. I never got that Diedrich Stapel crap. What sense of pride is there in making up bs ans putting it out?

Further leftist feminists don’t behave like Elizabeth Holmes and claim that they are oppressed when called out for poor work. How would that not profoundly undermine feminism.

But after a point it becomes clear that one side is punished way more-the left, feminists, publicly funded scientists who are honest.
They want to undermine every community I support taking them hostage while this entitled fundamentalist and technofascist or mercenary mob/cabal just loot the place and genuinely give everything meaningful the finger.

My last employer was such a parasite and they are fucked. There will be no bridge building with an undemocratic misogynistic parasite and freeloader on democracy, feminism and science.

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The race for stupidity is led by MAGA. If the MAGA Nazis take full control anyone with an education is at risk. dem4decades Dec 6 #1
To be fair... cab67 Dec 6 #2
I wasn't calling her stupid, though she may be, I'm calling a movement that politicizes science stupid. dem4decades Dec 6 #4
righto cab67 Dec 6 #5
I'd send her to the school psychologist or slightlv Dec 6 #37
And just like a lot of religions, AND corporations, popsdenver Dec 6 #8
I've always thought the monotone drone of the orange oaf is also a form of hypnotizing... blue_jay Dec 6 #28
Be sure to include popsdenver Dec 6 #30
Was the student in question BOSSHOG Dec 6 #3
This x1000!!! slightlv Dec 6 #38
Very badly written essay, full of circular logic, no evidence cited IronLionZion Dec 6 #6
And no student in college level essay or research writing is allowed to use the Bible as a reference, only ancianita Dec 6 #11
MAGAts do their own research, on Youtube or blogs or podcasts IronLionZion Dec 6 #35
maybe they'll go real deep Quanto Magnus Dec 6 #51
That's not an essay. That's a carnival tent sermon. n/t DFW Dec 6 #17
Sure looks like a set up to me, just a wee bit too convenient to be otherwise nt blue_jay Dec 6 #29
The brainwashing of women in christian communities is thriving blue_jay Dec 6 #31
God wrote it. It's God's will! IronLionZion Dec 6 #33
She wasn't failed for "quoting the Bible." Insert eyeroll here. n/t Beartracks Dec 6 #42
Correct. TPUSA lied in their headline post and posted the evidence of their lies IronLionZion Dec 6 #44
I like how the headline says it was an "opinion essay" -- when the assignment was NOT for that! Beartracks Dec 6 #53
OU has now removed a SECOND instructor KatyaR Dec 6 #7
"Forget it, Jake. It's Oklahoma." regnaD kciN Dec 6 #18
The Standard MAGA One Verse Beat Down is.... Mustellus Dec 6 #9
More to the point... regnaD kciN Dec 6 #20
Hmm, interesting point. "Male and female"... Beartracks Dec 6 #43
Congrats on your decision to do grad work at UT. (nt) Paladin Dec 6 #10
OU's president was a former intern of David Boren! SouthBayDem Dec 6 #12
to be as fair as I can be.... cab67 Dec 6 #23
Thanks for pointing this out ShazzieB Dec 6 #25
It is happening at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, not Oklahoma State. redstatebluegirl Dec 8 #67
Yes, I know. ShazzieB Dec 9 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Dec 6 #13
Good Lord (so to speak) DET Dec 6 #14
She's pre-med (believe it or not)... regnaD kciN Dec 6 #21
I hope no medical school accepts her IzzaNuDay Dec 7 #66
i read her paper. barbtries Dec 6 #15
Saw Kyle Kulinski cover this D_Master81 Dec 6 #16
Why is she even in a pysch class? Psychology, to these people, is simply a modern day excuse for demons. slightlv Dec 6 #39
Required. Jilly_in_VA Dec 6 #45
Boy, things sure changed since I was in school! slightlv Dec 6 #52
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Dec 6 #19
My wife is computer science professor in a red state Diraven Dec 6 #22
In defense of soldierant Dec 6 #24
That means they'd have to go beyond what their parents slightlv Dec 6 #40
?Rxactly. But I can dream, can't I? soldierant Dec 6 #41
So any student can answer exam questions and write papers full of Bible BS. Irish_Dem Dec 6 #26
i may have been a smart ass in school rampartd Dec 6 #27
K&R Solly Mack Dec 6 #32
Good luck with a science based career like medicine. 3catwoman3 Dec 6 #34
As one being born in OK, but now a long-term MO resident, this disappoints me terribly about how OK is viewed. SWBTATTReg Dec 6 #36
Why do I feel like Jilly_in_VA Dec 6 #46
Yup. Wednesdays Dec 7 #58
Maybe she's been selected as President JD Vance's replacement wife Nt lostnfound Dec 7 #62
I agree with you. Sparkly Dec 6 #47
Did you apply to other programs? cab67 Dec 6 #48
No. Sparkly Dec 6 #50
Admissions decisions aren't always up to a potential advisor. cab67 Dec 6 #55
Oklahoma is a lost cause Puppyjive Dec 6 #49
maddening. the inmates are running the asylum Takket Dec 6 #54
I agree jfz9580m Dec 6 #56
It's entitlement that's what it is jfz9580m Dec 6 #57
I'm not going to claim I know how to write a college paper since I never went to college, but.... tornado34jh Dec 7 #59
The key is, make your tests challenging enough so AdamGG Dec 7 #60
I received my PhD from OU róisín_dubh Dec 7 #61
from my reading markie Dec 7 #63
Hemant Mehta of The Friendly Atheist did a deeper dive on this... ColoradoHoosier Dec 7 #64
Thank you cab67. Stay strong. Clouds Passing Dec 7 #65
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