You mean the 100k+ a year consulting job that melted away after 9/11 after which she couldn't find a job and then couldn't afford new clothes for a couple years thereby making her feel shabby?
KWillow, then she follows up in the comments, "I think that if someone wants to convince me that bonobos are a good model for human ev psych, then they have to, um, convince me that bonobos are a good model."
Not only the banality of evil, though that is also the first thing that comes to mind with Megan, but also the phrase "sour grapes" and pretty much any other little morality tale whose moral is "man, you just would'nt believe how stupid, self justifying, and nauseatingly cowardly humans can be." Megan never ceases to amaze me, because she is a bottomless pit of obvious insecurities, rationalizations, self deceptions and spite.
and also, she dares to refer to someone else's writing using these words:"it reads like an undergraduate thesis--cherry-picked evidence stretched far out of shape to support their theory". The chutzpeh...
"As the always sharp Megan McArdle put it, "The Ivy League may represent the cream of a very small segment of incredibly affluent Americans. But there's a lot more cream out there, and it's a pity that American institutional structures seem so apt to exclude it from the mix.""
What is it with glibertarians and their belief that they can actually understand and contradict with specialist arguments made in a field they have no education in and no experience with. I knew this glibertarian prick (pardon my Ugaritic) who would argue Semitic philology with me although all his information came from a single Wiki entry. Do they really have such a high opinion of themselves or such faith in the education they've received?
Yes, they sure do. I come down hard on the side of nurture, not nature, but I won't say that an author doesn't address jealousy when there's a chapter called "Jealousy."
This one?
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ReplyDelete"I take my profession seriously, and like to think that I am adding something to the public understanding."
ReplyDeleteI take back my comment earlier. THIS is the funniest thing Megan has ever written.
Of course Megan is all about public service!
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You mean the 100k+ a year consulting job that melted away after 9/11 after which she couldn't find a job and then couldn't afford new clothes for a couple years thereby making her feel shabby?
ReplyDeleteYes. It's all about choices.
She went to a shiny school?
ReplyDeleteSlightly OT, but if you guys haven't read this delightful smackdown of Megan by the co-author of a book that she "reviewed,"* do yourselves the favor.
ReplyDelete*"Reviewed" in that she hadn't even finished reading it before she wrote about it.
UPenn undergrad - English degree
ReplyDeleteUChicago - MBA
"Humans are not like bonobos because ... they are not like bonobos!"
ReplyDeleteThat is ArgleBargle's reasoning.
She's pretty much the living embodiment of the banality of evil.
ReplyDeleteKWillow, then she follows up in the comments, "I think that if someone wants to convince me that bonobos are a good model for human ev psych, then they have to, um, convince me that bonobos are a good model."
ReplyDeleteNot only the banality of evil, though that is also the first thing that comes to mind with Megan, but also the phrase "sour grapes" and pretty much any other little morality tale whose moral is "man, you just would'nt believe how stupid, self justifying, and nauseatingly cowardly humans can be." Megan never ceases to amaze me, because she is a bottomless pit of obvious insecurities, rationalizations, self deceptions and spite.
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KWillow,
ReplyDeleteand also, she dares to refer to someone else's writing using these words:"it reads like an undergraduate thesis--cherry-picked evidence stretched far out of shape to support their theory". The chutzpeh...
I'll have more when I have more time. Every time you unpeel on layer there's another underneath.
ReplyDeleteShe' exhausting.
"one"
ReplyDelete"As the always sharp Megan McArdle put it, "The Ivy League may represent the cream of a very small segment of incredibly affluent Americans. But there's a lot more cream out there, and it's a pity that American institutional structures seem so apt to exclude it from the mix.""
ReplyDeletehttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/09/flaws-in-the-meritocracy.html#more
:snerk: always...sharp..
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What is it with glibertarians and their belief that they can actually understand and contradict with specialist arguments made in a field they have no education in and no experience with. I knew this glibertarian prick (pardon my Ugaritic) who would argue Semitic philology with me although all his information came from a single Wiki entry. Do they really have such a high opinion of themselves or such faith in the education they've received?
ReplyDeleteYes, they sure do. I come down hard on the side of nurture, not nature, but I won't say that an author doesn't address jealousy when there's a chapter called "Jealousy."
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