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Post by JayUtah on Sept 13, 2007 9:31:36 GMT -4
...especially when he discovered that he couldn't delete his own account..
We think that IDW believed deleting his account would delete all the posts. If his posts went away, then the reason for his ban turns into a "he said, she said" story. But if anyone can go to the well-known BAUT and see what was actually said, then the reader can draw his own conclusion (gasp!).
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Post by nomuse on Sept 14, 2007 1:16:41 GMT -4
IDW has managed to figure out 10^5, but the full idea of exponents still escapes him;
"3.3e5 OR 3.3^5 , OR 3.3*5 =391.35393" <--- IDW, on the Thread that Would Not Die
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Post by Bill Thompson on Sept 14, 2007 10:32:42 GMT -4
IDW has managed to figure out 10^5, but the full idea of exponents still escapes him; "3.3e5 OR 3.3^5 , OR 3.3*5 =391.35393" <--- IDW, on the Thread that Would Not Die My calculator says 3.3 to the 5th power is 391.35393 So I think you are incorrect here.
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Post by Bill Thompson on Sept 14, 2007 10:35:47 GMT -4
In his thread at the BAUT forum, IDW went into at least one rant complaining about how the moderators were refusing to ban him, even though he had asked them to, especially when he discovered that he couldn't delete his own account.. Kind of like a suicide bomber upset that his belt of explosives failed him. He wanted bragging rights that he was banned and thus gain the status of a martyr. Anyway, that is how I imagine it.
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Post by gwiz on Sept 14, 2007 11:03:21 GMT -4
IDW has managed to figure out 10^5, but the full idea of exponents still escapes him; "3.3e5 OR 3.3^5 , OR 3.3*5 =391.35393" <--- IDW, on the Thread that Would Not Die My calculator says 3.3 to the 5th power is 391.35393 So I think you are incorrect here. But what does it say 3.3E5 is? Or 3.3*5?
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Post by JayUtah on Sept 14, 2007 11:14:40 GMT -4
3.3E5 does not mean 3.3 to the fifth power. It means 3.3 times ten-to-the-fifth-power. The problem is not that IDW wrongly computed 3.3 to the fifth power, but that he says 3.3E5 is equivalent to 3.3^5 -- it is not -- nor is it equivalent to 3.3*5. Exponential representation is a well-known, well-used construct in science and engineering, and for IDW not to be algebraically conversant in the concept or familiar with its various notations displays his gross ignorance on the topics he seems most to value.
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Post by JayUtah on Sept 14, 2007 11:16:20 GMT -4
He wanted bragging rights that he was banned and thus gain the status of a martyr. Anyway, that is how I imagine it.
That's how most of the rest of us seem to have imagined it too.
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Post by BertL on Sept 14, 2007 11:28:47 GMT -4
"3.3e5 OR 3.3^5 , OR 3.3*5 =391.35393" <--- IDW, on the Thread that Would Not Die Seriously? I mean, is that for real?
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Post by dickshane on Sept 14, 2007 11:58:34 GMT -4
I have the book called Practical Algebra (10^5 copies sold!), and exponents, bases and powers are covered in the very first chapter, which is titled 'Some Basic Concepts'.
So it would seem IDW doesn't have even basic knowledge of this stuff, let alone the IQ-equal-to-Einstein stuff he claims for himself.
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Post by Bob B. on Sept 14, 2007 12:13:27 GMT -4
IDW doesn't seem particularly unintelligent to me, but he is most definitely uneducated. He fancies himself as being very intelligent (and he may be to some degree) but he's too prideful to admit intelligence alone doesn't make up for his dreadful lack of education and experience. He seems unable to cope with the knowledge there are people out there who simply know more than he does. His bluster just doesn’t work on them.
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Post by nomuse on Sept 14, 2007 13:23:15 GMT -4
It's a pity, really. He does have some intelligence. And he has lots of drive. But his self-image won't let him admit that he could benefit from more learning, and all that intelligence and all that energy is dissipated in ever-more-elaborate ways to escape having to admit even to himself that he might need to go back and study some more.
I am no saint. I admit, openly, that once he started insulting me gratuitously on an open forum I started to enjoy taunting him. The sole consolation I can take from this is it has forced ME to do a little learning here and there. Of course most of it doesn't make it into threads. I was having a lovely time reading up on the geologic history of Round Top the other day, but decided the point I wanted to make was adequately made with other examples.
If one were to judge only by the massive threads on the subject at Godlike Productions, the "war" is won over there. The basic reaction to most of the forum is boredom; summed up, perhaps, by words like "The Moon Landings were real. Get over it. And shut up, IDW."
Now if only we could get him to post more at the IMDB....perhaps a similar effect would occur?
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Post by JayUtah on Sept 14, 2007 14:44:40 GMT -4
I always hasten to emphasize that conspiracism doesn't stem from inferiority, but from a perception or feeling of inferiority. A conspiracy theorist may indeed be quite intelligent and creative, but simply lack specialized knowledge that he values. IDW may indeed have an IQ equivalent to Einstein, but he doesn't have Einstein's knowledge of the particulars of physics. Similarly he may have an IQ equal to or greater than mine, but he clearly doesn't have my understanding of heat transfer. These are not serious character flaws. There are many specific things I don't know, which others do.
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Post by nomuse on Sept 14, 2007 22:37:58 GMT -4
Name one! I am frequently bemused by how well you know those few subjects I consider my strengths. I'd hang one of your designs any day, and I'd look forward to any musical act with you as FOH. I'm not sure, if I met me, I'd feel the same about him. (...and I'm starting to sound like Chico Marx. Opening a show in twenty minutes here, and I've got a week to write original underscore for the next one. Just a little tired....)
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Post by Ginnie on Sept 14, 2007 22:54:31 GMT -4
There are many specific things I don't know, which others do.
Name one? How about did you know Jay, that ,,,wait...wait...I'll think of one...lets see...well, now...oh, oh, yeah, did you know that ...no, that won't work... Funny, there were things I could stump you with, but didn't want to put anything out there that would be obvious to other members of the forum. So, you're absolutely right.
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Post by dickshane on Sept 15, 2007 7:32:54 GMT -4
I always hasten to emphasize that conspiracism doesn't stem from inferiority, but from a perception or feeling of inferiority. A conspiracy theorist may indeed be quite intelligent and creative, but simply lack specialized knowledge that he values. IDW may indeed have an IQ equivalent to Einstein, but he doesn't have Einstein's knowledge of the particulars of physics. Similarly he may have an IQ equal to or greater than mine, but he clearly doesn't have my understanding of heat transfer. These are not serious character flaws. There are many specific things I don't know, which others do. Yes, I see what you mean – maintaining the distinction between IQ and knowledge. A distinction IDW doesn't maintain, of course, with his claim that his 'IQ equal to Einstein' automatically gives him the right to critique Einstein's work. I must say though, I find it difficult not to see his inability to acknowledge his own limitations, his delusions about himself, along with his anti-semitism, as itself a failure of intelligence on his part. If he is indeed driven by a perceived sense of inferiority, it's interesting to wonder how big a part his lack of higher education has to play in this. People who do go on to a university may find they don't get very much from it, or may find it invaluable, or may be indifferent to it; but just having gone protects them from feeling any inferiority over not having gone. But someone as egotistical as IDW, who didn't go (and yet is clearly desirous of being seen as 'intelligent') can create all sorts of negative phantoms from the fact, because he can never quite know what he missed. But the saddest thing is that he doesn't use his energy to learn the subject properly, instead of wasting it on message-boards desperately trying patch up a sinking ship.
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