tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post7925000772676543968..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: the emperor's new bookjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-26378988233234207662007-08-25T01:17:00.000-04:002007-08-25T01:17:00.000-04:00got it, finally, after 17 triesgot it, finally, after 17 triesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-68721000358098724292007-08-18T23:53:00.000-04:002007-08-18T23:53:00.000-04:00You can look forward to the day you read this auth...You can look forward to the day you read this author and realize that now you are in the club.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-755977038858260422007-08-18T23:04:00.000-04:002007-08-18T23:04:00.000-04:00It's that word "eminent" that bothers me, though. ...It's that word "eminent" that bothers me, though. Failing to guess it saps my sociology student pride. Wait. Do sociology grad students get to have pride? Eh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-62292791029542404972007-08-16T07:08:00.000-04:002007-08-16T07:08:00.000-04:00Anon: It's somebody you haven't read or else you w...Anon: It's somebody you haven't read or else you would know, so I wouldn't worry about it.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-55318429418757422322007-08-16T00:37:00.000-04:002007-08-16T00:37:00.000-04:00I've guessed five and can't get it, either. Any hi...I've guessed five and can't get it, either. Any hints? This is driving me crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-43432885322109269022007-08-14T21:33:00.000-04:002007-08-14T21:33:00.000-04:00I got it right on the first try--I'm so pleased! I...I got it right on the first try--I'm so pleased! I once saw the eminent sociologist in question give a talk and it made no sense at all. It confirmed my suspicion that incomprehensibility is often equated with smarts in academia.<BR/><BR/>Saw your panel this morning--very interesting. I'm wondering if my anonymity is worth it these days, but since I'll probably never write about sociology, I can live with it for now.Jamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17328884172511150275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-77750596312860926142007-08-12T10:13:00.000-04:002007-08-12T10:13:00.000-04:00this is driving me nuts, and making me feel like a...this is driving me nuts, and making me feel like a bad junior sociologist. 3 guesses, all wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-81308474401868907282007-08-11T07:59:00.000-04:002007-08-11T07:59:00.000-04:00My subsidiary rule on the incomprehensibility thin...My subsidiary rule on the incomprehensibility thing -- and I speak as someone with one too many anglo-empiricist-analytical bones in them -- is 'by their fruits shall ye know them,' and in the present case that's a big mitigating factor, I think.Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215049798276999808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-15048416791617389972007-08-10T01:47:00.000-04:002007-08-10T01:47:00.000-04:00got it on the first try ... in a positive light, p...got it on the first try ... in a positive light, perhaps that's some indication that the number of truly incomprehensible yet eminent sociologists is actually pretty small.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-57409995666620733112007-08-09T14:55:00.000-04:002007-08-09T14:55:00.000-04:00Argh! That cipher site's been down all morning, an...Argh! That cipher site's been down all morning, and the suspense is *killing* me.<BR/><BR/>Lemme guess...it's Auguste Comte, right?Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392485598731995230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-84739450142223246042007-08-09T12:20:00.000-04:002007-08-09T12:20:00.000-04:00Ken: Exactly right.Ken: Exactly right.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-90957775376473581612007-08-09T12:16:00.000-04:002007-08-09T12:16:00.000-04:00"for 2 of the 8 papers, the author did not have a ..."for 2 of the 8 papers, the author did not have a complete draft in time and so they just presented their own."<BR/><BR/>That is, I believe, the best definition of "moral hazard" I've seen recently.<BR/><BR/>Having someone else present your paper should allow you to figure out if the paper really says what you think it does.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-54185075090609111642007-08-09T11:36:00.000-04:002007-08-09T11:36:00.000-04:00jeremy - you are such a tease!jeremy - you are such a tease!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-65471240894947348132007-08-09T11:06:00.000-04:002007-08-09T11:06:00.000-04:00I am quite confident I know who you're talking abo...I am quite confident I know who you're talking about. I suspect you'd prefer to give 10 points to Gryffindor without me naming him here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com