03-08-2004 23:46									#61
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Agathon, yeah he might be.. but can he kick MY ass? So, basically, all the knowledge he has gathered, down the toilet *FLUSHHHH*

	03-08-2004 23:48									#62
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Yeah, he could. He turned up at the department one day with a black eye, so the man does fight.

	03-08-2004 23:53									#63
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Because my knowledge is self reflexive. No... because I've come into contact with people who make everyone in this board look like noobs. There's a guy in our Department called Ian Hacking. Now you know that MtG is pretty well armed with facts. Well if MtG is a patrol boat, Hacking is a carrier battle group.

Knowledge = Intelligence?

Interesting...

	03-08-2004 23:56									#64
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon because I've come into contact with people who make everyone in this board look like noobs. There's a guy in our Department called Ian Hacking. Now you know that MtG is pretty well armed with facts. Well if MtG is a patrol boat, Hacking is a carrier battle group.

And the best he could do is a degree in philosophy?

That's either a total waste of a great mind, or he's only great when compared among the lesser men of his field.

	04-08-2004 00:03									#66
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Well, he got named to the highest division of the Order of Canada the other day, so I doubt he would worry much about your opinion.

	04-08-2004 00:05									#67
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They let anybody have that thing nowadays.

I have two friends who have it...

	04-08-2004 00:05									#68
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Sure, they let anybody....

	04-08-2004 00:07									#69
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I'm not kidding. Two of my friends have it, and they're both 25...

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I think Asher has it it too, and he's not really Canadian!!!

	04-08-2004 00:10									#71
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Of the 400 or so people in the whole of Canada who are Companions?

Who?

	04-08-2004 00:12									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Well, he got named to the highest division of the Order of Canada the other day, so I doubt he would worry much about your opinion.

A prominent academic in an artsy field who's been around for over 40 years? And he just now got named?

	04-08-2004 00:16									#73
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He's had plenty of other stuff. This is the Companion award, not the ordinary OoC. Only two people were named this year.

I think he was also the first English speaking academic nominated to the College de France.

	04-08-2004 00:17									#74
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1) What is the College of France?
2) Who cares about France?

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forget it, Im stupid

	04-08-2004 00:27									#76
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Who are these people KH?

I have a list of the Companions of the Order of Canada and there are 412, not including the latest two nominees. There are many eminent Canadians I recognize on there.

Are you sure you didn't mean the plain vanilla Order of Canada?

	04-08-2004 00:28									#77
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1. I have hypochromia, or maybe it's hyperchromia, I forget which is which -- whichever is the one where my eyes keep losing pigment. This could be indicative of some terrible terrible illness, or it could be indicative of nothing. Since this has been going on for about twenty-odd years, I'm assuming it's the latter, but if my brain explodes tomorrow, then I'm blaming Skanky.

2. I've got a Frankenstein scar on my forehead from accidentally walking into a tree about eight years ago. Somewhere my brother still has the picture he took of me when the stitches were fresh.

3. Speaking of my brother, I managed to drop the rings at his wedding when the priest asked for them. It's partially the priest's fault, though, since he had a pirate hook instead of a hand, and it's tough to get the rings on a hook like that when you're suffering from sweaty palms.

D. I'm using a letter instead of a number here in a sad attempt at humor. Or humour. Or dumbassery. Whatever.

5. I like liver and onions, but it's tough to find a diner that serves the stuff anymore. Apparently it's considered "old-people" food, and many times I can only order it off of the senior's menu.

	04-08-2004 00:28									#78
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Possibly...

I have no clue as to the divisions...

	04-08-2004 00:33									#79
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Oh, and 400 people into 30 million means one in 75 000.

That's not all that special in my books...

	04-08-2004 00:34									#80
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quote: Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp Now that everyone's revealed their moments of glory, we've got the makings of a nice little "Who's the most boring!" thread looming.

As long as you don't participitate. You'd pwn us so hard it wouldn't be funny.

	04-08-2004 00:36									#81
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In fact, if that "highest division" of the Order of Canada were given based solely on intelligence, then everybody with an IQ of about 140 or over would have one.

FYI, the average IQ of a faculty member in physics is 140.

So nyah, nyah I'm smarter than everybody.

	04-08-2004 00:38									#82
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That's not unreasonable for the country's highest order.

In New Zealand we only have a population of just over three million and the Order of New Zealand is capped at twenty living members. There are a couple of ex PMs and people like Ed Hillary and Kiri Te Kanawa on ours. There are a lot more famous Canadians.

Of course there are lower orders (Knights, public service awards) and lots of people have those.

But putting in two a year doesn't seem out of place.

	04-08-2004 00:40									#83
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Question: Who really gives a rats ass about the Order of Canada, or more importantly, the Order of New Zealand?

	04-08-2004 00:43									#84
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I care more about the Order of Poly...

	04-08-2004 00:44									#85
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Obviously not you.

But then again, I doubt that the people who do care give a rat's ass about your opinion. Every country I can think of has awards like these. Sometimes they are silly (like the ones that tyrants award themselves), most of the time they are a way of recognizing people who have made a contribution.

	04-08-2004 00:45									#86
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quote: FYI, the average IQ of a faculty member in physics is 140.

And when you die, it will go up to 150.

	04-08-2004 00:53									#87
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I realize what they are for, thanks.

I'm just casually pointing out that the only people who really care about them are those that are appointed, or those that bend over for those appointed.

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quote: I'm just casually pointing out that the only people who really care about them are those that are appointed, or those that bend over for those appointed.

That's probably true for some people, but saying it is generally true is a load.

	04-08-2004 00:57									#89
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I'm saying it's true for most people.

People in academia don't count -- we're talking real world here.

Hell, the title of "IBM Fellow" is more prestigious than the Champion of the Order of Canada in terms of people with the title versus those eligable, and I work with two every day. And I guarantee you they make a helluva lot more than most people in the Order of Canada, too.

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I would rather my accomplishments be recognized with a crap load of money than some meaningless title.