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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. f****** 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. f****** 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.