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    All time favourite abstract so far, via @gingerly_onward

    Screen_shot_2011-10-14_at_12

    http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1110/1110.2832.pdf

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    Following a discussion on "are question marks are becoming more common
    in academic journal titles?"

    http://bit.ly/obZjqY

    • 14 October 2011
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    8 months ago Hubert Taler liked this post.
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    8 months ago Charlie Ullman responded:
    Awesome! Sandy Popescu did my viva when I was at Bristol reading physics. Man, he was intimidating.
    8 months ago Mike liked this post.
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    8 months ago ME responded:
    This reminds me of my favorite set of academic acknowledgements:
    "Like most philosophers, I am much indebted to conversations I have had with others over the years: in particular, I should like to express my gratitude to Elizabeth Anscombe, Peter Geach and Donald Davidson. I will not indulge in the convention fatuity of remarking that they are not responsible for the errors this book may contain. Obviously, only I can be held responsible for these: but, if I could recognize the errors, I should have removed them, and, since I cannot, I am not in a position to know whether any of them can be traced back to the opinions of those who have influenced me." (Michael Dummett, Frege: philosophy of language p. xii)
    7 months ago Christopher Martin Rayner (Facebook) responded:
    Very good.

    While I don't deny the fascination and rigour which drive this inquiry, the practical application of such knowledge appears to be close to that of counting angels dancing on a pin head.

    7 months ago drjon responded:
    drjon
    That one's getting shared at work.
    7 months ago Quackonomics responded:
    haha great find!
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