Jeffrey Gibson

A graduate student in what field of study?

Jeffrey

Toto

Engineering Systems, as you might have inferred.

Jeffrey Gibson

Really? Is "engineering systems" the only thing that anyone studies or pursues graduate work in at MIT? Are the writers for the journal in which the review appears only graduate students in engineering systems?

If not, them why might I have inferred this?

In any case, do you think that being an expert in engineering studies gives the author the competence to make the claims he does about NT studies and/or evaluate the linguistic arguments that Earl makes in support of his case?

Jeffrey

Jeffrey

Roger Pearse

Not sure that these ill-tempered exchanges lead anywhere, but for some reason it did remind me of a description of one philosophy student who was described as "majoring in bullshit and minoring in fornication and its associated diseases."

Too much time at university can breed cynicism. As was remarked of Mark Pattison, sometime dean of Oriel, his long experience as dean led him to be sceptical of men, "particularly Oxford men."

Toto

Hi Jeffrey Jeffrey - forgive me if I do not take this bait. MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and while it is not longer confined to engineering students, it still specializes in training engineers. But you are right, I should not have expected you to infer anything. I should have typed "as you could have found out if you had googled him."

MIT is very selective, and its graduate students are very intelligent. This particular graduate student writes on cultural matters. The article gives the student writer's email address should you choose to browbeat him on his technical qualifications.

:wave:

Jeffrey Gibson

What bait?

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Yes, I am aware of what it is

No longer confined? Was it ever? The following suggests not.

http://en.wikipedia.org wiki/History_of_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technolo gy

So does this:

http://web.mit.edu/facts/mission.html

It does?? Here is the list of the departments at MIT:

• Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Anthropology
• Architecture
• Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation
• Biological Engineering
• Biology
• Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Comparative Media Studies
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Engineering Systems Division
• Experimental Study Group
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Health Sciences and Technology

• History
• Linguistics and Philosophy
• Literature
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Media Arts and Sciences
• Music and Theater Arts
• Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Physics
• Political Science
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Sloan School of Management
• Special Programs
• Urban Studies and Planning
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Writing and Humanistic Studies

Here are the degrees offered:

Bachelor of Science (SB)
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master in City Planning (MCP)
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Master of Finance (MFin)
Master of Science (SM)
Engineer (each degree designates the field in which it is awarded)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Doctor of Science (ScD)

Perhaps you should have. But you didn't.

Does that mean, as I asked, that he actually is competent in matters NT and Koine or only that it is to be inferred that he might be?

Fascinating that you should suggest this since the only one here who seems to be doing any browbeating (and also question dodging) is you.

Jeffrey

Toto

This is all off topic and a waste of time. Please drop it.

I just posted the review. If you don't like it, read the book and write your own.

Jeffrey Gibson

Could you at least admit that you were wrong not only about what MIT "does" and therefore also about what anyone might have inferred about the focus of the reviewer's graduate studies, but to imply, as you did, that I was a dunce for not seeing (what to you was) "the obvious"?

Jeffrey

Toto

MIT specializes in engineering and technical subjects. Am I wrong about that?

I said I should not have used the word inferred. Isn't that enough?

And if you infer that I thought you were a dunce because you did not realize that the author of the piece was a student of some branch of engineering, then you are wrong in your attempt to read my mind.

This is still off topic.

Jeffrey Gibson

And here I thought the issue wasn't whether I liked the review (or not), but the question of why anyone should take it seriously, especially if its author has little to no expertise in matters NT and Koine and is therefore not competent of weighing and understanding Earl's linguistic arguments.

But if you want to equivocate on this matter, fine by me.

Jeffrey