On Sep 4, 2:31=A0pm, Robert Redelmeier <red...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Robert Myers <rbmyers...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in part:
>
> > On Sep 3, 11:51=A0am, Robert Redelmeier <red...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> >> Based on current experience, I am more inclined to think
> >> you did not make yourself clear and did not understand him.
>
> > I'm accustomed to being underestimated. =A0My resume used to be,
> > "Ask anyone. =A0He's smart." =A0Clearly, I hope no one asks you.
>
> ... or anyone who thinks anything like me. =A0I find that quip on
> your resume immodest and an indicator of arrogance. =A0This would
> rule you out except for positions (certain sales & projects) where
> these bring benefits to compensate for the interpersonal friction.
>
Don't be silly. No such thing ever appeared on my resume. It didn't
have to. As for arrogance and interpersonal friction, I know all
about it. I am what I am. If whoever was interested asked the right
person, I got the job. If they asked someone like you, I didn't. I
didn't really need for you to inform me of that.
> > The particular physicist in question made himself famous as a
> > mountebank through an episode that involved the US Congress and
> > the eventual death of a business associate.
>
> Classic ad-hominem. =A0Irrelevant to the argument.
>
It's not ad hominem. You claimed that he was more credible that you
think I am. I presented evidence to the contrary. I can't cite
specifics because I don't want to be sued. Anyone in the hot fusion
business could probably figure out who I'm talking about.
> > As to who did or did not understand whom, a calculation on
> > the back of a proverbial envelope would have demonstrated
> > that what he was claiming was just silly.
>
> ... as one will for Global Warming. =A0But without that calc,
> how can anyone judge? =A0I won't by personality. =A0Anyone and
> everyone makes mistakes.
>
But not everyone is a one-way expert who doesn't bother to listen and
a fraud at the same time. They're everywhere, not just on usenet.
> > =A0I doubt if he would have cared, as long as he got paid. =A0He had
te=
nure.
>
> Tenure isn't always easy to get. =A0But is no ECC.
>
No, it isn't, and he had tenure in a very good department. Classic
example of how some aspects of "science" work. Claw your way into a
good position and then float on your back.
Robert.
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