Brexit Thread

[Gilrandir]

There is some critical thinking and analysis left, but a lot of exams are about taking two or three weeks to memorize models and the language of the trade and so on.

Don't you think it is the way it should be? I mean you can't become a pro without knowing basics. What will the use of, say, an automechanic be, if he can critically think looking at the engine, but doesn't know what it consists of?

[Husar]

Don't you think it is the way it should be? I mean you can't become a pro without knowing basics. What will the use of, say, an automechanic be, if he can critically think looking at the engine, but doesn't know what it consists of?

I hate memorizing things sitting somewhere with a book or other reading material instead of a more interesting "learning by doing" approach, but you won't get an argument from me there.

Oh I thought he was agreeing with the long established fact that tories despise the working class and enjoy playing them as mugs.

So he claims to be educated and managed to take a simple statement and get it completely backwards, must be a very special education he has.

Your diverting from your fact-based approach into insults again.
You call someone stupid or badly educated based on anecdotal evidence.
Should I call you stupid now because you made an obvious mistake and didn't follow scientific procedure?

[Legs]

Your diverting from your fact-based approach into insults again.
You call someone stupid or badly educated based on anecdotal evidence.
Should I call you stupid now because you made an obvious mistake and didn't follow scientific procedure?

The only "evidence" present was an unverified claim about being educated and a statement which implied a lack of education.

[Montmorency]

a statement which implied a lack of education.

Offer a syllogism.

[Legs]

Offer a syllogism.

Two pints of cream with 1 pint of white wine, 1 lemon and 5 spoons of sugar, whisk until frothy.

[Montmorency]

Were you imitating Fragony there? If so, that's quite a good impression.

[Legs]

Were you imitating Fragony there? If so, that's quite a good impression.

Oh sorry, thats a syllabub, not a syllogism. I must have read it arseways, but hey I got skoolin as you can tell because I can understand what is written.

[Husar]

The only "evidence" present was an unverified claim about being educated and a statement which implied a lack of education.

First you draw a conclusion and then try to weasel out by saying you had not enough evidence for any proper conclusion.
Simple solution, don't make hasty conclusions if you lack "evidence", people might think you're a nasty person.

[Legs]

First you draw a conclusion and then try to weasel out by saying you had not enough evidence for any proper conclusion.
Simple solution, don't make hasty conclusions if you lack "evidence", people might think you're a nasty person.

Errrr no.
I draw a conclusion from the available evidence.
Additional evidence to support the conclusion is present in the first part of post #936
Since I stand by what I said and the conclusion I reached from the statements made where on earth are you getting the notion about weaseling out?
The last tory effort at concern for the working calss was the Big Society project...which was soon dropped and its final audit showed that the bulk of th funding went to the wealthiest ares rather than the poorer areas which were stated as the main focus of the project.
And you don't have to be a tory to know that , which raises further questions about Apaches claim.

[Legs]

Implicit in Legs' comments is the belief that if the right-wing working class were better educated they would be more left-wing and therefore would have voted In because all the right-wing out campaign had going for it was false promises.

And where do you reach that conclusion from? obviously it was not garnered from what was written.
Are you working off preconceptions and just basing your assesment on that and trying to make your point fit what you want it to fit ?

Oh, well we all know IA is educated, we can tell - having known him for a decade or more on average

Well I don't know that , in fact going by what was written by apache it seems the opposite is true.
So are you just going on preconceptions again young man?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

The only "evidence" present was an unverified claim about being educated and a statement which implied a lack of education.

Oh, well we all know IA is educated, we can tell - having known him for a decade or more on average

[Montmorency]

What is your PhD, still Medieval Studies? I'm surprised, as across the board the professorship (if not the doctoral base) should be representative of the general population in terms of those leanings, plus a relative rightward-lean in that sort of discipline.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

What is your PhD, still Medieval Studies? I'm surprised, as across the board the professorship (if not the doctoral base) should be representative of the general population in terms of those leanings, plus a relative rightward-lean in that sort of discipline.

You think because we study medieval Christianity we're all medieval Christians?

[Montmorency]

Nah. You're not Catholic.