Comments on: Delay and Delurk http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/ theory in the rough Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:54:32 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: N Pepperell http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 N Pepperell Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:38:21 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/#comment-1442 Well, LM has my calipers at the moment, and my current map is unfortunately a bit incomplete: <a href="http://www.massey.ac.nz/~psyweb/images/phrenology-b.gif" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.roughtheory.org/wp-content/images/phrenology-brt.jpg" /"></a> Then again, I suspect the subject somewhat resembles this object... ;-P Well, LM has my calipers at the moment, and my current map is unfortunately a bit incomplete:

Then again, I suspect the subject somewhat resembles this object… ;-P

]]> By: Kenneth Rufo http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Kenneth Rufo Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:24:07 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/#comment-1440 My delurk question, nay demand: show us the map of your head, Pepperell! Jpeg or png files with topographic markup appreciated. My delurk question, nay demand: show us the map of your head, Pepperell!

Jpeg or png files with topographic markup appreciated.

]]> By: N Pepperell http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 N Pepperell Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:46:27 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/#comment-1437 I had wondered why your hairstyle looked in such disarray lately - I should have realised the culprit was self-administered readings of cranial topography... Might I suggest, though, that you first perfect your techniques on the members of a certain <a href="http://www.roughtheory.org/content/post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc/" rel="nofollow">other</a> reading group, before either continuing with self-experimentation or, more particularly, extending your scientific attentions to our own group, whose special characteristics, I think you would agree, suggest we would more profitably be held in reserve pending the development of a more advanced technique. I could also suggest several candidates for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Discworld_concepts#Retrophrenology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">retrophrenology</a>, should you wish to take your studies more in the direction of <em>applied</em> research... I had wondered why your hairstyle looked in such disarray lately – I should have realised the culprit was self-administered readings of cranial topography… Might I suggest, though, that you first perfect your techniques on the members of a certain other reading group, before either continuing with self-experimentation or, more particularly, extending your scientific attentions to our own group, whose special characteristics, I think you would agree, suggest we would more profitably be held in reserve pending the development of a more advanced technique. I could also suggest several candidates for retrophrenology, should you wish to take your studies more in the direction of applied research…

]]> By: L Magee http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 L Magee Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:07:54 +0000 http://www.roughtheory.org/content/delay-and-delurk/#comment-1436 True, I *am* indeed busy on a side project. Growing despondent about the difficulties of understanding past philosophers, due, in no small part, to the collective attention deficit of our over-stimulated times; and frustrated also by the sheer immensity of discourse to survey in a effort to be aprised of the history of philosophy down to the present day; I have embarked upon a venture which aims to condense this history into a convenient pharmaceutical form, to be injected or, better yet, orally ingested. As yet this project is at a highly experimental phase, but I see great potential in turning the reading group into a willing testbed for this invaluable contribution to learning - I envision it as a sort of <a href="http://www.jackassmovie.com/" rel="nofollow">Jackass</a> for the aspiring literati. One obstacle to overcome is Hegel's own dismantling of the fledgling and unfairly discredited science of phrenology. This was to be an indispensable aid - by measuring the dimensions and contours of skulls I had hoped to develop counteractive panacaea to the deficiencies of particular minds, resulting in a kind of neurological sublation towards eventual Absolute Knowing. This has set me back somewhat. Not to be discouraged I have continued to take countless precise readings of my cranial topography, and am keen to induct others into the research - starting, of course, with other members of the reading group. Looking forward to next week... True, I *am* indeed busy on a side project. Growing despondent about the difficulties of understanding past philosophers, due, in no small part, to the collective attention deficit of our over-stimulated times; and frustrated also by the sheer immensity of discourse to survey in a effort to be aprised of the history of philosophy down to the present day; I have embarked upon a venture which aims to condense this history into a convenient pharmaceutical form, to be injected or, better yet, orally ingested. As yet this project is at a highly experimental phase, but I see great potential in turning the reading group into a willing testbed for this invaluable contribution to learning – I envision it as a sort of Jackass for the aspiring literati.

One obstacle to overcome is Hegel’s own dismantling of the fledgling and unfairly discredited science of phrenology. This was to be an indispensable aid – by measuring the dimensions and contours of skulls I had hoped to develop counteractive panacaea to the deficiencies of particular minds, resulting in a kind of neurological sublation towards eventual Absolute Knowing. This has set me back somewhat. Not to be discouraged I have continued to take countless precise readings of my cranial topography, and am keen to induct others into the research – starting, of course, with other members of the reading group.

Looking forward to next week…

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