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tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:21 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:12 pmHe has a background in computer/information science, and then a casual, hobbyist's interest in mathematics, science, philosophy, etc. That's it.

Really? I just had him down as some incel with anger issues.

That too, probably, but he's claimed a background in computer/information science and I think that's plausible. If not, he at least has something like a very high functioning autistic's long-term obsession with computer/information science, enough that he'd have equivalent knowledge to someone with a degree and/or employment in the field, and enough to give him the "when you have a hammer" problem.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:27 pm

tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:26 pm And you're both of them.

You seem to struggle with basic arithmetic....

I am me. There's only one of me.

You seem to struggle with basic humour.

You'll notice that he gets more curt/ad hominemy when you peg stuff like this about him. It's part of a very predictable defense mechanism.

tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:28 pm You seem to struggle with basic humour.

I laughed alright.

That you've resorted to psychoanalysis (a non-science) to construct some character assassination.

Shame. The desperation.

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:30 pm You'll notice that he gets more curt/ad hominemy when you peg stuff like this about him. It's part of a very predictable defense mechanism.

You mean like reach for pop-psychology to attack other people? Yeah. Retard.

It's not a defence mechanism. It's a full-on attack mechanism.

Psychology lacks statistical rigour, reproducibility or significance. It's not a science.

It also makes him "flurry post"

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:28 pmThat too, probably, but he's claimed a background in computer/information science and I think that's plausible. If not, he at least has something like a very high functioning autistic's long-term obsession with computer/information science, enough that he'd have equivalent knowledge to someone with a degree and/or employment in the field, and enough to give him the "when you have a hammer" problem.

In fairness he has done a bit of homework. Given the amount he posts, he clearly has a lot of time on his hands and nothing useful to do, but it all looks like a wikipedia trail to me.

tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:21 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:12 pmHe has a background in computer/information science, and then a casual, hobbyist's interest in mathematics, science, philosophy, etc. That's it.

Really? I just had him down as some incel with anger issues.

Skepdick doesn't know the first thing about computer/information science, he's just bluffing, but that's enough to fool people like Terrapin. What Skepdick does is, since his brain is somehow not capable of processing meaning/context/abstraction, he tries to read all English like it was computer code. Plus he's an incel with anger issues.

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:33 pmIt also makes him "flurry post"

He also does an unusual amount of editing. Again, all the actual scientists I know are way more cautious and will scrutinise every detail before they submit for publication.

tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:38 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:33 pmIt also makes him "flurry post"

He also does an unusual amount of editing. Again, all the actual scientists I know are way more cautious and will scrutinise every detail before they submit for publication.

You equate science with publication?!?! Ahahahahaha. Fucking academics.

You are confusing the narrative with the practice.

Birds don't need a theory of flying to tell them how to fly.
Scientists don't need a theory of science to tell them how to science.

Atla wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:36 pm Skepdick doesn't know the first thing about computer/information science, he's just bluffing, but that's enough to fool people like Terrapin. What Skepdick does is, since his brain is somehow not capable of processing meaning/context/abstraction, he tries to read all English like it was computer code. Plus he's an incel with anger issues.

Look!

Another character assassination attempt.

You are so pathetic

Come now! There's 3 of you. Lynch me already for rejecting your orthodoxy.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:44 pmYou equate science with publication?!?! Ahahahahaha. Fucking academics.

Yup. Anger issues.

tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:47 pm Yup. Anger issues.

How can somebody so wrong feel no emotion about being wrong?

Not even anger at being wrong. Are you even human?

Skepdick wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:46 pmLynch me already for rejecting your orthodoxy.

Martyr complex.

tillingborn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:49 pm Martyr complex.

I have no intention of dying for my cause.

I have every intention for making you die for yours

If it comes to that.

P.S still stuck doing pop-psychology

Seems you are out of ideas.