From: "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Scholarly credibility
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:14:24 -0400
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> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Gatherer, D. (Derek)
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 6:57 AM
> To: 'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'
> Subject: Scholarly credibility
>
>
> Aaron:
Which Aaron?
> It occurs to me that my silence on this article [by Paul Marsden] may have
> been mistaken by
> some as indicating tacit agreement, or even that you [Paul] Marsden] have
> restored
> scholarly credibility after the JASSS "review."
>
> Derek:
> As far as I'm concerned, and as far as anyone else is concerned,
> Paul has no
> problems with scholarly credibility.
>
> What are your credentials to decide on this matter, anyway? Have you held
> an academic position? Do you have a higher degree?
>
> If someone who is qualified to judge on matters of scholarly credibility
> were to tell me that Paul is discredited as a scholar, then I might be
> prepared to listen - but so far no one has.
>
> So, Aaron, I suggest you either put up or shut up.
>
Again, which Aaron?
If you mean me, then I am astonished, being as I do not recall taking up any
question of scholarly credibility, one way or another. In fact I tend to
take the entire question of scholarly credibility quite lightly, except in
some special context where it may become pertinent.
I do recall laughing off a braggart attack on my own scholarly credibility
with a couple of "you don't say"s.
But I am not clear if it is this to which you refer, being that this was
some time ago, and you do not excerpt. And I'm not even sure that it was the
same list!
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