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To: ccmay
She continues: "Scientific facts do not correspond to a natural reality but conform to a social construct."

I think the college should withhold her paycheck. When she complains that it is not in her inbox, they should say that a so-called "check" is a social construct, and its absence from her inbox is not a fact, but a notion determined by her own sense of reality. Which of course they do not share.

20 posted on 05/06/2008 8:12:46 AM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited
I think the college should withhold her paycheck. When she complains that it is not in her inbox, they should say that a so-called "check" is a social construct, and its absence from her inbox is not a fact, but a notion determined by her own sense of reality. Which of course they do not share.

Good one! Similarly, I was once overdosed by a smartass doctor for four months. He insisted on seven pills per week, but I should have only been taking five per week. I strenuously objected that I was being overdosed and it was making it hard for me to concentrate on the computer screen to do my work. Finally he lowered the dose and said, "Well, I've just been tweaking the dosage." I replied, "Fine, then you won't mind sending me 2/7ths of your paycheck for the next four months, since it's just a tweak."

34 posted on 05/07/2008 10:44:45 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The best argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter. --WChurchill)
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