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Walt Zingmatilder

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Well fancy that
« on: March 20, 2018, 09:17:32 AM »
Did you know Lawrence Krauss's academic genealogy of doctoral advisors goes all the way back to Italian doctor Fallopius through Oppenheimer, Born and Gauss?
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Maeght

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Re: Well fancy that
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2018, 10:04:17 AM »
What?
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Aruntraveller

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Re: Well fancy that
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2018, 10:13:44 AM »
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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2018, 10:17:06 AM »
As Michael Caine might say: 'Not a lot of people know that'.
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Walt Zingmatilder

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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2018, 10:36:43 AM »
Sam Harris doctoral advisor himself did his thesis on the links between the pudendal nerve which apparently controls the anal sphincter and Lordosis which is curvature of the spine rather than pathological monotheism.
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Aruntraveller

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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2018, 10:47:47 AM »
I can see you are feeling funny. Quick get on stage before it wears off.
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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

SteveH

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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2018, 02:09:07 PM »
That'd be Dr Fallopius of the tube in the lady-bits, I take it.
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Walt Zingmatilder

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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2018, 02:21:16 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on March 20, 2018, 02:09:07 PM
That'd be Dr Fallopius of the tube in the lady-bits, I take it.
Absolutely, Real name was Dr Fallopio but if you were a star in the academic firmament of back in the day you were recognised by the latinization of your name
hence Fallopius. So Richard Dawkins would be Dawkinsius.
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2018, 02:24:25 PM »
In one of his "Sacred Diaries", Adrian Plass mentions Paul's letter to the Fallopians.... Now, that's worth a rad......
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Walt Zingmatilder

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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2018, 02:29:28 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on March 20, 2018, 02:24:25 PM
In one of his "Sacred Diaries", Adrian Plass mentions Paul's letter to the Fallopians.... Now, that's worth a rad......
I think there is a ladies Rugby team who style themselves Old Fallopians.
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2018, 02:33:51 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2018, 02:54:23 PM »
Quote from: Private Frazer on March 20, 2018, 09:17:32 AM
Did you know Lawrence Krauss's academic genealogy of doctoral advisors goes all the way back to Italian doctor Fallopius through Oppenheimer, Born and Gauss?

Presumably, Vlad, you find this surprising or something?
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Walt Zingmatilder

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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2018, 02:56:59 PM »
Quote from: Harrowby Hall on March 20, 2018, 02:54:23 PM
Presumably, Vlad, you find this surprising or something?
It's highly impressive.
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Harrowby Hall

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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2018, 04:50:30 PM »
But until comparatively recently, Academia has been a fairly compact milieu. In the 16th and 17th centuries there were only a few centres of advanced learning and few individuals who would be considered pre-eminent.

It is hardly surprising that there are academic lineages of the kind that you describe.
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2018, 09:57:44 PM »
It's a bit like the apostolic succession.
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