Wrangling Over Minutiae

Josh Geller · 04 Dec 2002, 17:56 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: Josh Geller <dclxvi at dclxvi.best.vwh.net>
Subject: (urth) Wrangling Over Minutiae
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:56:41 +0000 (GMT)
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Michael Andre-Driussi wrote:
> Professor Jerry wrote:

>> When I thought about it, I thought that my reasons for
>> not mentioning my Ph. D. were better than my reasons for revealing it,
>> so I probably should have stayed "in the closet".

> I strongly disagree: not mentioning it upfront was what made it a
> back-alley ambush of a housewife by an academician.  In the animal kingdom
> this is predatory camouflage.

This is uncharitable.

Simple embarrassment might have prevented Jerry from talking about his
Ph.D.






























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