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The sarcastic metaphor and the exasperation that motivates it comes after centuries of scientists being ridiculed, persecuted, and even killed by ignorant peopl

• cix 12y ago
  That isn't limited to Scientists my friend.
• jonnathanson 12y ago
  Right, which is all the more reason to take the high road. To set a better example. Also, because trading vitriol with religious fanatics and ignorants accomplishes nothing. Knowledge is the antidote to ignorance. Not smugness, defensiveness, or indignation (well-justified though all of those things might be).
  • autokad 12y ago
    A+
• lotsofmangos 12y ago
  I know where it comes from, with my scientists hat on, I completely agree with the piece. But from a literary perspective, it is like being repeatedly bashed round the head by a moron with a length of 2x4. This conceit can be done well. Mitchell and Webb's little old lady job-justification hearings are a particularly good example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXTBPN1HhA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXTBPN1HhA
  • tormeh 12y ago
    Oh wow, that's pretty funny. These "gamblers" on the stock market do actually make the system work better and moves investment to places where it's likelier to have a good return. So they do help, although in a very abstract way and maybe not as much in practice as in theory but still. A better question than whether they help is how much and how much they should be rewarded for that help.