Go Go Super Einstein Go!!!

[rockinrehab]

So the most popular and respected scientist of the twentieth century was.... A SOCIALIST!!! Well, well, well, Republicans, interesting how the man we all agreed was the smartest of our times believed in a centrally-planned economy. It's kind of disappointing to me, but may be of note to you cold-hearted baby-eating right-wingers, that he spends

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[luckyhoss]

You'll have to also tell me that Stephan Hawking is a socialist. And that he built a giant socialist robot body for himself.

[point40bac]

Wouldn't the people build the robot?

[conformity]

i wonder what davinci would've said.

buttmunch

[lesion]

i always look forward to your posts.

now, for arrogant crap:

i've been thinking recently that the most divisive barrier between classes, social mobility, education, and opportunity is language. back when i took a sociology class wherein we discussed language as an automatic catalyst for judgement, i chalked it up to a bunch of bullshit. yet another factor seeking to explain why hierarchies exist. (when really, nobody knows for sure why they exist; except self-convinced philosophers.) i mean, why in the hell would someone's speech be a real barrier? people can modify their speech patterns at will, right? no, people can't. your language develops in confluence with your upbringing, which is bound with your culture. and culture is virtually impossible to shake. trying to fake your way into a group that communicates in a manner they've cultivated all their lives is very, very difficult. it's a significant way we size each other up -- black people "talk white" when they're "articulate", for instance. einstein's essay could have said "

Re: buttmunch

[point40bac]

What do you make of eliza dolittle?

Re: buttmunch

[lesion]

i liked her better than henry higgins.

What? Munch much butt?

[rockinrehab]

You bring up some interesting points, grasshopper. I'm afraid I'm too distractable now to organize my response in any coherent manner, so I'll just throw em out there