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Category: Academics
Posted on: February 5, 2007 11:00 AM, by PZ Myers
Greta Munger is now a full professor. I think that means she is required to wear the black robes and funny hat full time now.
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Whenever someone becomes a full professor, I like to point out that it begs the question, "full of what?"
I have also observed that such individuals are, in fact, not quite full yet and have taken several of them to nearby pubs to remedy that deficiency.
Posted by: David Livesay | February 5, 2007 11:42 AM
That's not what 'begs the question' means.
Posted by: s | February 5, 2007 12:00 PM
That depends on whether you go by the strict, traditional, academic definition or by modern usage. It's okay to have a preference, but if you insist that the former is the only meaning, people might describe you as elitist.
Posted by: David Livesay | February 5, 2007 2:53 PM
No, not even full professors look funny all the time (although my advisor was from a UK university whose robes were some shade of violet, and even sometimes was funny enough).
From William Golding's essay "Crosses" in THE HOT GATES, 1966:
...he goes on a while longer, about commencement rituals - all accurate anthropology of the academic subculture. The man could write.
Posted by: thwaite | February 5, 2007 3:10 PM
Academics elitist? Never! They really are better then everyone else.
Except rich people and models.
Posted by: Jackie | February 5, 2007 10:38 PM
So when will PZ be a full professor?
When ranting blogs count as peer reviewed publications!
Bahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: DMC | February 6, 2007 6:48 AM
When I hear of People getting tenure and becoming full profs, I always remember this quote from Dan Dennett:
"The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain any more so it eats it. It's rather like getting tenure."
No comment :-)
--Simon
Posted by: Simon G. | February 6, 2007 7:06 AM
As someone who has drifted in and out of academe, I have to say that I haven't felt that I was substantially better while I've been an academic. Certainly not better paid anyway. :-)
Posted by: David Livesay | February 6, 2007 9:25 AM
I once asked a visiting lecturer what it was that professors were allowed to profess. The suggestion was "opinions", but I think that's self-defeating. :)
Posted by: Keith Douglas | February 7, 2007 2:28 PM