lessons learned from my colloquium

[intertribal]

so apparently my real theoretical fight is with the realists, not the rationalists, and they are not the same thing (yes, starting with the same letter and having similar connotations is not enough).  because you apparently cannot fight with rational choice.  it is the unbeatable ID, it is 42, it is God with a capital G.  give rationalists any situation, perhaps even situations that involve prehistoric plants, and they will tell you that it fits their theory.  they are magic.  they are the sacred cow, the undying worm. 

whatever.  realism it is.

*rolls eyes*

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[royinpink.livejournal.com]

I had this argument with Jason long ago and it dwindled to nothing when he made clear this part, that the rationality only works of of whatever assumptions, and I want to hit myself over the head now for not getting the difference between that and the very sort of semiotic anthropology I supposedly study. It's remarkable (that I am so dense).