Comments on: Turns out, René Descartes trolled his own site. https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Alex https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515372 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:40:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515372

One of the reasons I blog is to put out stuff to see how others react to it.

Why are you an anthropologist, and not a psychologist?

]]> By: Lassi Hippeläinen https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515371 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:50:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515371 Monty Python did the same when they were making Life of Brian. It didn’t help; the Xians went berserk anyway, just for the show.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515370 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:19:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515370 My colleagues do that all the time to see if I say something like “that’s a stupid idea, how the hell do you think it would ever work?” Niels Bohr did the same to Richard Feynman because Feynman had a reputation and did not know Bohr personally at the time; Bohr wanted an honest appraisal of some ideas but most people who knew him only nodded and said he’s brilliant.

]]> By: gwen https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515369 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:08:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/26/turns-out-rene-descartes-troll/#comment-515369 I was listening to the most recent podcast episode of the Minnesota Atheists yesterday, and was thinking it was something you would be interested in, when I scrolled back, I realized that you were one of the guests!! Great podcast!

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