From your interlocutor's last rebuttal..."I really appreciate Darwin taking on the task of engaging in a debate over a topic I have studied more intensely than he has."
I don't think Alex meant any vaunting by it. Just to give context (as the remark might otherwise seem odd):
When we'd started arguing about some of these matters I'd expressed a certain hesitation to put myself on record debating an economic theory I'd never heard of before with a economics PhD student who was making it one of his primary areas of interest.
I've appreciated that Alex has refrained entirely from any sort of academic rank-pulling of the, "If you haven't read Bullworthy on Malfeasance Theory, then there's really no point in listening to you," variety.
From your interlocutor's last rebuttal..."I really appreciate Darwin taking on the task of engaging in a debate over a topic I have studied more intensely than he has."
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say I admire your forbearance.
I don't think Alex meant any vaunting by it. Just to give context (as the remark might otherwise seem odd):
ReplyDeleteWhen we'd started arguing about some of these matters I'd expressed a certain hesitation to put myself on record debating an economic theory I'd never heard of before with a economics PhD student who was making it one of his primary areas of interest.
I've appreciated that Alex has refrained entirely from any sort of academic rank-pulling of the, "If you haven't read Bullworthy on Malfeasance Theory, then there's really no point in listening to you," variety.