BF2S Forums Al Gore or the Unabomber?

33%


btw, this did not open my eyes about al gore...

Moronic thread,

Ted Kaczynski

In 1962, Kaczynski graduated from Harvard. After graduation he attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor earning a master's degree and a Ph.D. in mathematics. Kaczynski began a research career at Michigan but made few friends. One of his professors at Michigan, George Piranian, said: "It is not enough to say he was smart." He earned his Ph.D. by solving, in less than a year, a math problem that Piranian had been unable to solve. Kaczynski's specialty was a branch of complex analysis known as geometric function theory. "I would guess that maybe 10 or 12 people in the country understood or appreciated it", said Maxwell O. Reade, a retired math professor who served on Kaczynski's dissertation committee. In 1967 Kaczynski received a $100 prize recognizing his dissertation entitled 'Boundary Functions' as the school's best in math that year. At Michigan he held a National Science Foundation fellowship, there he taught undergraduates for three years and published two articles related to his dissertation in mathematical journals. After he left Michigan, he published four more papers.

In the fall of 1967 Kaczynski was hired as an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Kaczynski's aloofness and reserve made students rate him poorly. Despite pleas from the department staff Kaczynski resigned without explanation in 1969. Calvin Moore, vice chairman of the department in 1968, said that given Kaczynski's 'impressive' thesis and record of publications, "he could have advanced up the ranks and been a senior member of the faculty today".

If you think this guy wasn't capable of constructing a few reasonable statements, then you are a MORON.

Here is why it is MORONIC:
1.) They are reasonable statements taken out of context, of which anyone with a reasonable amount of education could make.
2.) They are NOT a comparison of the UNREASONABLE statements Ted Kaczynski did make.

What is unreasonable about any of these statements taken out of context?

(a. ) "The twentieth century has not been kind to the constant human striving for a sense of purpose in life." (A pro-religion person could have made this statement - about Atheism vs Theism).

(b.) "Again, we must not forget the lessons of World War II. The Resistance slowed the advance of fascism and scored important victories, but fascism continued its relentless march to domination until the rest of the world finally awoke and made the difference and made the defeat of fascism its central organizing principle from 1941 through 1945." (This statement could be a Unabomber statement, or used as one, which latter in some “manifesto”-type argument it would then be equated to the corporate entity concept, then terrorism would be argued as justified, out of context it is a reasonable statement, and corporate fascism is a social concern, but terrorism is not the answer).

(c.) "Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation of man from nature, excessive rapidity of social change and the breakdown of natural small-scale communities such as the extended family, the village or the tribe." (This statement is more or less true, it doesn't even matter who said it, but conclusions derived from this statement might be rather spurious at best: like a return to tribal life, abandoning technology vs modifying technology, etc).

(d.) "All pre-industrial societies were predominantly rural. The Industrial Revolution vastly increased the size of cities and the proportion of the population that lives in them, and modern agricultural technology has made it possible for the Earth to support a far denser population than it ever did before." (Does anyone actually disagree with this statement?)

(e.) "Any child born into the hugely consumptionist way of life so common in the industrial world will have an impact that is, on average, many times more destructive than that of a child born in the developing world." (This is actually a true statement as well - in terms of impact on the environment).

Does that somewhat clarify why I think it is moronic?

Last edited by topal63 (2007-03-16 12:49:51)

Only scored 25%. They seem to have similar ideas.

topal63 wrote:

Hitler liked women, so do I, guess we have similar ideas.

I was meaning that Gore and the Unibomber had similar ideas.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I only got 1 (ONE) correct ... 8% ...

In my mind, obviously, I think Gore is the unibomber.

67%

zeidmaan wrote:

I'm glad I'm not American.

We're glad you're not, too.

Your score is 67%
  Right         Yours
1.Gore          Unabomber
2.Gore          Unabomber
3.Unabomber     Gore
4.Gore          Gore
5.Unabomber     Unabomber
6.Unabomber     Gore
7.Unabomber     Unabomber
8.Gore          Gore
9.Gore          Gore
10.Unabomber    Unabomber
11.Unabomber    Unabomber
12.Gore         Gore

I didn't know much about Gore before and I can't say that I know more now...

42%

Who gives a fuck?

Why do people always attack the messager if they can't find fault with the message?

"I"

Mother Teresa or Stalin?

i guessed and got 58%. Im lazy

Spark wrote:

Who gives a fuck?

Why do people always attack the messager if they can't find fault with the message?

I have found fault with his message in a variety of ways or I wouldn't care about him.