Published! In a peer-reviewed journal, no less! And then in a collection of essays -- and not a self-published or small press collection, at that!
...at which point I thought to myself, self, I thought: why the hell did I call it quits on being a professional philosopher when, wow, look, it's so EASY. Just come up with a really idiotic hypothesis, find a survey sponsor, and I, too, could be, like, published. And stuff.
and completely unable to respect myself in the morning but I suppose that's beside the point
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Date: 23 May 2010 04:55 am (UTC)...at which point I thought to myself, self, I thought: why the hell did I call it quits on being a professional philosopher when, wow, look, it's so EASY. Just come up with a really idiotic hypothesis, find a survey sponsor, and I, too, could be, like, published. And stuff.
and completely unable to respect myself in the morning but I suppose that's beside the point