tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post593633740168576024..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Why do today's college students riot?Skeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-19810946141633733812014-05-24T10:57:55.070-04:002014-05-24T10:57:55.070-04:00Scott, Wikipedia has a nice write-up on Mifflin. T...Scott, Wikipedia has a nice write-up on Mifflin. Thanks for enlightening me about it.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-33734581481414847902014-05-23T16:00:34.805-04:002014-05-23T16:00:34.805-04:00Google Mifflin.. UW students had the habit of rio...Google Mifflin.. UW students had the habit of rioting at the drop of a hat. Long after the anti-war movement and long before today's generation.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18347210293718031584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-34360786353918353622014-05-17T16:01:46.047-04:002014-05-17T16:01:46.047-04:00Les, that's an interesting theory. You may be ...Les, that's an interesting theory. You may be right.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-83379457438847126072014-05-17T15:53:49.928-04:002014-05-17T15:53:49.928-04:00"College students riot when they lose and rio..."College students riot when they lose and riot when they win."<br /><br />They riot because it is the only behavior they know? The tantrums mummy and daddy appeased have morphed into riots. The tolerance they ask for is simply a new form of the appeasement they are accustomed to at home. <br />Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-53526233161010033562014-05-15T08:29:56.476-04:002014-05-15T08:29:56.476-04:00Good point.Good point.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-120880666738670782014-05-13T17:21:15.931-04:002014-05-13T17:21:15.931-04:00They riot so their (hopefully) more successful and...They riot so their (hopefully) more successful and intelligent peers that have pursued medicine will have a cohort of trauma patients. "As long as there is stupidity and gravity, there will be job security."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-39726587697886390282014-05-13T08:22:29.878-04:002014-05-13T08:22:29.878-04:00I agree. The captchas can be annoying. It's di...I agree. The captchas can be annoying. It's difficult to say how effective they are at screening for spam. I get 2 or 3 spam comments to moderate every day. I have been assured by other commenters that the spam is generated by bots, despite the fact that many such comments have specific things to say about the post in question. <br /><br />If a human is writing these comments, I have to wonder why. I never post them. You would think that they'd realize they are wasting their time, especially when the comment is about something such as their spine surgery practice in India. I doubt that too many people with spine problems are looking for a referral to a spine surgeon in the comments of my blog. Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-16111085139305313502014-05-12T21:33:06.059-04:002014-05-12T21:33:06.059-04:00SS,
This is OT, but I have a problem with the cap...SS,<br /><br />This is OT, but I have a problem with the captchas required by Blogspot to post. I am in my 50's, reasonably smart, and computer-literate. I failed the captchas about 25% of the time on first pass. The subsequent presentations become more difficult. In fact, on my large-screen smartphone on which I often access the internet, they are impossible to solve.<br /><br />I understand that Blogspot does not provide different levels of difficulty for its captchas. Is this a useful tool for you to svreen out spam?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-7334335832330951872014-05-12T16:14:30.696-04:002014-05-12T16:14:30.696-04:00Anon, I agree with your comments. A politician can...Anon, I agree with your comments. A politician can do much more harm than a doctor. <br /><br />Rand Paul, who is not ABMS board-certified, apparently started his own board. Clever, but IMO, that is not a resume-enhancing act. His background and public statements don't even whisper "president."Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-48782198514939011242014-05-12T15:59:31.041-04:002014-05-12T15:59:31.041-04:00A politician can do much more damage than a doctor...A politician can do much more damage than a doctor.<br /><br />There are 3 physicians in the Senate right now, and one of them will likely be running for president in 2016. There is nothing about Rand Paul's previous job as a small-practice ophthalmologist which yells "president"! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-42696878793695075672014-05-12T09:47:15.046-04:002014-05-12T09:47:15.046-04:00First anon, I'm not so sure how many Hollywood...First anon, I'm not so sure how many Hollywood stars there are in Santa Barbara, which is about 90 miles away.<br /><br />Artiger, they riot because they are permitted to do so.<br /><br />Second anon, You are probably correct. They also don't suppress the free speech of others (ref: Rutgers commencement speaker).Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-74625081453017362512014-05-12T09:09:09.197-04:002014-05-12T09:09:09.197-04:00Conservative students don't riot. That fact an...Conservative students don't riot. That fact and their limited numbers makes them invisible. They are the people you need to seek out if you have any interest in the future of this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-27695769251505208752014-05-11T20:20:33.422-04:002014-05-11T20:20:33.422-04:00Scalpel, it's ignorance laced with apathy. Th...Scalpel, it's ignorance laced with apathy. They don't know why they riot, and they don't care. artigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361655152970244221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-78307228089658858552014-05-11T17:06:34.942-04:002014-05-11T17:06:34.942-04:00OT: UCSB has one of the top physics departments in...OT: UCSB has one of the top physics departments in the world. <br /><br />Some years ago, as a science backwater it poached some top guys from Einstein's old place in Princeton. The line of thought prob. ran "hmm, more money, sun, sand, beach, babes, Hollywood stars, temps of 65-85 all year. Tough choice."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-86416915221069500622014-05-11T13:43:34.026-04:002014-05-11T13:43:34.026-04:00Admire their grandparents, but as I said, the reas...Admire their grandparents, but as I said, the reasons for the rioting don't seem as substantial.<br /><br />Yes, it must be tough to go to school in Santa Barbara, the Mogadishu of the West.<br /><br />I hope the one who wrote the defense of Deltopia doesn't get into med school.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-68994356118808365322014-05-10T17:03:28.019-04:002014-05-10T17:03:28.019-04:00I hope none of these kids go to med school. If I d...I hope none of these kids go to med school. If I didn't know better, I'd say a couple of doctors of mine came from there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-68778738360004787292014-05-10T15:51:55.027-04:002014-05-10T15:51:55.027-04:00Clearly the Santa Barbara kids are lashing out at ...Clearly the Santa Barbara kids are lashing out at the poverty and horrible weather at their campus.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-639247915359496182014-05-10T13:29:38.656-04:002014-05-10T13:29:38.656-04:00Forgive my nitpicking, but couch burning is primar...Forgive my nitpicking, but couch burning is primarily a West Virginia tradition, which is not in the South. Since it borders Kentucky (which some, but not all, consider to be in the South), I can only conclude that it is a communicable disease. <br /><br />As for rioting, I don't know. Imitation is a form of flattery. Maybe today's students admire their grandparents. artigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361655152970244221noreply@blogger.com