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IrishAyes

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97. Thanks very much for an important OP,

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 07:45 PM

Mar 2014

followed though it was by the usual DU backstabbing and sniping by people trying to pee higher on the tree. (I also read Desmond Morris!)

Asimov was a wise guiding force in my life, too. His short story, "I'm in Mars Port Without Hilda" remains a favorite, along with much more educational fare. I especially love his textbooks; always knew I loved math even though I didn't care for most of my math teachers. I wound up hitting the wall in academia via calculus and physics. But when I picked up an Asimov textbook, it was a thing of pure joy to me. Beautifully written and almost impossible not to understand. Who else can make that claim but him? Nobody I ever heard of.

That's my favorite picture of him, too. So thanks all around. The way I love to whack at some men might look like male bashing, but not true. I love smart men. Stand in awe of some, Asimov chief among them.

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Isaac Asimov on anti-intellectualism... [View all] SidDithers Mar 2014 OP

Aren't you part of some claque or something??? nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #1

''Trolling is a art.'' -- SidDithers to zappaman Octafish Mar 2014 #50

You better believe it! zappaman Mar 2014 #52

Damn you BFEE!!...nt SidDithers Mar 2014 #53

Leaping to the defense of the warmongers and banksters of the BFEE. Octafish Mar 2014 #58

They're behind everything. Even crop circles... SidDithers Mar 2014 #59

Defending the BFEE is more suited to conservative websites. Octafish Mar 2014 #62

Defending the BFEE!... SidDithers Mar 2014 #63

No. But you have never posted anything to criticize them. Octafish Mar 2014 #82

I was very critical of Bush, when he was President... SidDithers Mar 2014 #87

Really? Name one time. Octafish Mar 2014 #90

Alright, here are a few... SidDithers Mar 2014 #103

LOL! ''I called him Bunnypants.'' Octafish Mar 2014 #107

Not to mention, you shook an astronaut's hand once! zappaman Mar 2014 #108

Move those goalposts!!... SidDithers Mar 2014 #109

Do you keep a spreadsheet, a Word doc or Excel? snooper2 Mar 2014 #78

kick & recommended. William769 Mar 2014 #2

The ultimate intellectual argument Fumesucker Mar 2014 #3

Yes, the ULTIMATE intellectual argument. jazzimov Mar 2014 #12

! Fumesucker Mar 2014 #14

Wow. Rex Mar 2014 #27

Alas... HuckleB Mar 2014 #30

Indeed! Rex Mar 2014 #35

Evidently you are unfamiliar with the most intellectual of all reasoned discourse, the ROFL smiley Fumesucker Mar 2014 #33

I feel so foolish now. Rex Mar 2014 #34

And don't forgot, "fuck Nader." Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #72

Fuck RON PAUL! zappaman Mar 2014 #73

People who think they know everything zeemike Mar 2014 #31

OMG, direct hit! CrawlingChaos Mar 2014 #86

Fumesucker is always worth reading. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #95

k&r tammywammy Mar 2014 #4

K&R for the Good Doctor n/t Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #5

Agreed Gothmog Mar 2014 #79

Don't the mechanics of democracy, at least US style democracy, work that way though? An ignorant kelly1mm Mar 2014 #6

That's why you need a good free education system in a democracy. bemildred Mar 2014 #17

Asimovdo - it's got what brains crave!! hatrack Mar 2014 #7

"Feigned ignorance can also mask knowing evilness." - GWB blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #8

Kick and Rec! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #9

OMFG he has the same hair as the ancient aliens guy Sid!!!! dionysus Mar 2014 #10

His HAIR?!?!?!?!?! jazzimov Mar 2014 #15

Lighten up, I have the same deal. My head looks like a testicle that my hair is afraid of. Throd Mar 2014 #24

That is just wrong whopis01 Mar 2014 #48

I don't know what that means. I'm AFRAID to know what that means. Number23 Mar 2014 #92

dude, it's a joke. i love The Foundation series. chillax man. dionysus Mar 2014 #26

K&R, nt. OldBoss Mar 2014 #11

I have a bare wall Half-Century Man Mar 2014 #13

I forget the actual number, but he wrote over 100 books IIRC. bemildred Mar 2014 #16

Well over two hundred. ChazInAz Mar 2014 #18

Closer to 500 according to some experts CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #43

including a great book on the diastrousness of a group--uh, making sure that its knowledge MisterP Mar 2014 #23

I read that a long time ago. Very apropos here, the "Platonic Guardians". bemildred Mar 2014 #41

and it's sorta become a DU punchline after Syria MisterP Mar 2014 #80

There you go. Perfect example. Damn shame I missed that thread. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #94

If Asimov would permit me to tinker with his statement, I would make it read: “… my ignorant SDjack Mar 2014 #19

His book on the bible covers that! fleabiscuit Mar 2014 #74

First thought - Sarah Palin. toby jo Mar 2014 #20

proof that teabaggerism is nothing new Skittles Mar 2014 #21

What are you? zappaman Mar 2014 #22

Long live the claque!... SidDithers Mar 2014 #25

I paid 1000 Lire defacto7 Mar 2014 #32

+1,000,000,000 .... 000 HuckleB Mar 2014 #29

Yup! And, yes, you are a curmudgeon looking for an anti-science DU bludgeon. HuckleB Mar 2014 #28

Spinning some folks into high dudgeon, and Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #38

Just flinging poo, or something... SidDithers Mar 2014 #45

Damn you sharp_stick Mar 2014 #76

Damn the harder evidence! zappaman Mar 2014 #77

I love a good patty throwing contest! HuckleB Mar 2014 #100

Brilliant of Isaac Asimov.. thank you, Sid~ nt Cha Mar 2014 #36

You're really gonna listen to a guy who is using his typewriter as a bong? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #37

Just like his hairstyle... Blanks Mar 2014 #42

Here's one for Obama: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #39

Ouch. YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #40

That's my sig line. City Lights Mar 2014 #47

I'm guessing he never met one of our banksters. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #83

Funny how no one OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #44

^ Wilms Mar 2014 #46

+2 Octafish Mar 2014 #49

says the guy who is baffled by crop circles! zappaman Mar 2014 #54

Of course, that's not what I wrote. But coming from you, misrepresenting what I write is not new. Octafish Mar 2014 #60

Actually, what you wrote was... SidDithers Mar 2014 #70

Yeah, but most space aliens use base 12. tclambert Mar 2014 #71

They also use mac. zappaman Mar 2014 #81

I wonder if Asimov was baffled by crop circles? zappaman Mar 2014 #75

right pokerfan Mar 2014 #88

Haha! Reminds me of this: Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #96

Greatest video ever!!! zappaman Mar 2014 #99

+ 1000 SixString Mar 2014 #57

Evidently I was a bit too subtle.. Fumesucker Mar 2014 #65

Derp. OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #66

shhh Phlem Mar 2014 #89

In many ways, Isaac Asimov was my childhood MineralMan Mar 2014 #51

I "discovered" him later in life... SidDithers Mar 2014 #55

I continued reading him through high school. MineralMan Mar 2014 #56

Few things more perfectly encapsulate the whole false-equivalence canard. calimary Mar 2014 #61

Exactly... SidDithers Mar 2014 #64

I LOVED it! We set the video to record in case we missed it, but we didn't. calimary Mar 2014 #101

Nicely said. blackspade Mar 2014 #67

YES this quote is for real! alp227 Mar 2014 #68

Hehe... SidDithers Mar 2014 #69

Lot of truth in his fiction... jtuck004 Mar 2014 #84

One of the greats africanadian Mar 2014 #85

There is absolutely no excuse for anti-intellectualism in the Internet age. tridim Mar 2014 #91

Cool OP. And damn if it didn't bring out some of DU's "finest" in the process Number23 Mar 2014 #93

Par for the course, eh?... SidDithers Mar 2014 #104

Thanks very much for an important OP, IrishAyes Mar 2014 #97

Or, my lies deserve the same air time as your truths. DesertDiamond Mar 2014 #98

K&R SixString Mar 2014 #102

The irony is strong with this one. nt LWolf Mar 2014 #105

Yes it is. N/T. SixString Mar 2014 #106