Iambic hexameter: > On Nov 24, 2020, at 12:48 PM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The thunder echoes in the covid-emptied streets. > Apocalyse!
I feel like with a little syllable adjusting, there is a haiku in here somewhere. Eric > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > Clark University > [email protected] > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwordpress.clarku.edu%2fnthompson%2f&c=E,1,GtPpWYWDwSX2rOVkC0B92QiK32JwJol5ZMKy8oql8dTndMlw00u1rkV_uFCY0zqHAvbQ1rZXk4xEEqfMZZAxKsdApk8XycRxiZK2NJypsxeYsEXQ9Sc_oL8wvo8e&typo=1 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ??? > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 11:19 AM > To: FriAM <[email protected]> > Subject: [FRIAM] The next Heterodox University faculty member > > > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.quantumthom.com%2fLetterToFerrisCommunity.pdf&c=E,1,Y8eOap2nVfmDztuO4bu1MUpEyMZxC3D1tDa2fmmmJ9Ii_SWK3GCufQ7_Xj_DwMKWWhxk52CxxHkiTY9mWahKrGg5dXQ0EjvfOKeUBKybX9b8VZu9pY623n_hrg,,&typo=1 > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ffsutorch.com%2f2020%2f11%2f18%2fscience-professor-denies-science%2f&c=E,1,JmqIENbBR2kvl7Rl3IZb_KNY5fpqumSNj2M6u3EGQiwTKBAg35gcj_jr8TFt0py2i45nTJ3Y3Qzr5WthBk7ZGvfiLp4Yjd1LFZ9WyKSaXVtDGUrTlmw,&typo=1 >> The account’s other tweets in regard to COVID-19 say things such as: >> “Guess what the covid stunt has failed. You won’t get your leftist new world >> order.” >> “Covid19 is another jewish revolution.” >> “F— this evil wizard,” in reference to a video of Dr. Anthony Fauci. >> “Stand up for yourselves people, and stop falling for this corona virus >> hoax!” >> “I’d say covid-19 is fake. An evil medical system just killed a bunch of old >> people.” > > > From the Amazon page for his book: > "Thomas Brennan is a professor of physics at Ferris State University in Big > Rapids, Michigan, where he's taught physics and astronomy since 2014. He > completed his PhD thesis on the topic of sonoluminescence in 2009 at the > Illinois Institute of Technology. He also received a BA in Physics from the > University of Chicago and an MS in Physics from UCLA. His research interests > include both experimental and mathematical physics as well as astronomy." > > I continue to marvel at how someone seemingly intelligent can fly off the > bolt [⛧] so easily. As one who regularly expresses my opinions about > non-professional things, I consistently wonder how/when it will or has > already come back to bite me, not to assert that I'm seemingly intelligent or > anything. It also questions the coherence of the "public intellectual", best > exhibited by people like Chomsky, or Pinker, or Tyson. We need them ... but > they put themselves at great risk. So thanks to all those people who manage > to speak outside their competence, but do so without flying off the bolt. > > > [⛧] Yes, I'm aware that "wingnut" is often understood as a nut who sits on > the wing of a political spectrum. But I prefer to think of it as someone > who's easily "spun up", spun on, or spun off. This fits nicely with the old > saying that there's a fine line between genius and crazy, it's only a > difference in chirality. That batsh¡t old man who spends his lifetime in his > basement working on his time machine exhibits the same dedication as the > non-batsh¡t microbiologist who spends his lifetime in the cancer lab. 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