tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post1629300019686223769..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: OriginalityDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-86730341337195335662007-08-10T08:50:00.000+01:002007-08-10T08:50:00.000+01:00The problem may actually be one of requiring some ...The problem may actually be one of requiring some trivial originality, when superior knowledge, objectively demonstrated, would serve far better the advancement of civilization. By now, there is no difficulty in producing computer-generated originality of wrong answers, and this capacity is itself a refutation of the 'diversity-value' of micro-originality of new untruths. So I argued in a piece called Diversity:<BR/>The Anti-Merit People, which probably contains some unintentional originality.John S. Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502491478912356848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-51610821641948111122007-07-12T16:35:00.000+01:002007-07-12T16:35:00.000+01:00Thank you, Mr Baltzersen. I think you're right. Qu...Thank you, Mr Baltzersen. I think you're right. <BR/><BR/>Quite so, dearieme. <BR/><BR/>We're damned hidebound buggers, Prof. Hodges. (That might be both original and true.)Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-9899278115484361372007-07-10T00:45:00.000+01:002007-07-10T00:45:00.000+01:00Hey! This post says nothing that hasn't already be...Hey! This post says nothing that hasn't already been said before! Many times!<BR/><BR/>Don't you guys have anything new and original to say?<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-83117625428258590632007-07-06T20:35:00.000+01:002007-07-06T20:35:00.000+01:00The problem is particularly severe in the Universi...The problem is particularly severe in the Universities, where Science commands prestige, and intrinsically concerns novelty. The tradesmen in the other disciplines feel that they must pursue "research" that is in some way comparable. Much of it is best greeted with derision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-62624506511368888492007-07-06T17:01:00.000+01:002007-07-06T17:01:00.000+01:00Well said, as so often is the case with you, "Deog...Well said, as so often is the case with you, "Deogolwulf."<BR/><BR/>I might add: If one pursues originality in form, rather than in content, one is likely to be much less inclined to sacrifice truth.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.com