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    How can you tell if a person is well versed in philosophy is an intellectual?

    Philosophy is not math. There are open-ended questions that are answered in kind with vague, broad answers with no direct advice on solving a problem. This is why pragmatic philosophy branched out of old school philosophy, to give the body of knowledge some function that could be of use to...
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    Do the people who study for a Caltech phD in Social Science know that their work is BS?

    http://www.hss.caltech.edu/ss/workingpapers I don't understand how math can be applied to social science. I can't see how or where game theory has ever been successful at explaining a phenomen. The other thing is that the math in these papers are absolutely pretentious, I've never seen so much...
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    Do the people who study for a Caltech phD in Social Science know that their work is BS?

    http://www.hss.caltech.edu/ss/workingpapers I don't understand how math can be applied to social science. I can't see how or where game theory has ever been successful at explaining a phenomen. The other thing is that the math in these papers are absolutely pretentious, I've never seen so much...
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    Why was queer activism in the 60s and 70s more upfront than it is now?

    In those days people picketted and fought like crazy to get their rights. I'm talking about streets lined up with angry mobs demanding for their voice to be heard. Everytime when there was some right winger trying to pry away gay people's rights there would be some activist in the news directing...
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    Why was queer activism in the 60s and 70s more upfront than it is now?

    In those days people picketted and fought like crazy to get their rights. I'm talking about streets lined up with angry mobs demanding for their voice to be heard. Everytime when there was some right winger trying to pry away gay people's rights there would be some activist in the news directing...
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