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Please, explain how disagreement over petty shit drives advancement. By my understanding, petty shit is of no value, and thus unimportant to advancement of anyt
by moistly 4y ago
Please, explain how disagreement over petty shit drives advancement. By my understanding, petty shit is of no value, and thus unimportant to advancement of anything but resentment and dismissal, and indeed is an inhibitor of progress. (Irony acknowledged.)
- kderbyma 4y agoyour name is 'moistly', was that petty at the time - just curious because it's ironic.
- moistly 4y agoIt’s ironic? How so? ELI5 please. Anyhoo, I chose “moistly” because his reaction to saying the word was hilarious, because it’s completely unlike other aliases here, and because it’s one of those words that everyone feels a little squeamish about, like “lugubrious”, “bulbous”, “phlegm”, “orifice”.
- j-bos 4y agoOne man's petty garbage is another man's sacred ox?
- kuhewa 4y agoThe week to week grind in academia, disagreements included, is typically petty shit to people outside of a very niche subfield.