[Pecos]

I confess that I have not seen every pile of academic crap in the world. But then, asking that of any person would be too demanding of that person’s psyche. ;-) At the end of the day, an argument comes down to data and logic, or faith. My faith is in God, not the religion of Man.

[Hieronymus]

I confess that I have not seen every pile of academic crap in the world.

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You’re an engineer, IIRC, and thus in a field where the majority of stuff is solid—fields that have immediately verifiable results tend to stick closer to the straight and narrow.

I’m in theology, mostly Biblical studies, and have to try to teach my students with regards to secondary literature how to wade through the 35% garbage/64% waste of time to grab the 1% of stuff worth keeping in an efficient way.

Completely different climate—be glad you are where you are if you can’t at least tolerate a large amount of stuff that is mediocre at best.