Crucible Connections - Craponade and Science

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Perspectives on scientific research:

From: M-Town Mikey
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:01 PM
To: Dan Morris
Subject: RE: Sleep

Well, your initial assertion could be seen as making the best out of a bad situation, or, scientifically, ‘making craponade.’ If the only reasonable course of action is not liking people, you shift your perspectives so that you enjoy not liking people. The risk, of course, is that you dislike people unnecessarily.

M-Town Mikey
Copywriter

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From: Dan Morris
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:02 PM
To: M-Town Mikey
Subject: RE: Sleep

Well, I do dislike a lot of people.

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From: M-Town Mikey
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:03 PM
To: Dan Morris
Subject: RE: Sleep

See? That’s what the scientists call “Making Craponade.”

M-Town Mikey
Copywriter

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From: Dan Morris
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:08 PM
To: M-Town Mikey
Subject: RE: Sleep

By “Scientists” do you mean dumpster-humping homeless people?

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From: M-Town Mikey
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:08 PM
To: Dan Morris
Subject: RE: Sleep

No!

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From: Dan Morris
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:09 PM
To: M-Town Mikey
Subject: RE: Sleep

Oh. Then what do you mean?

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From: M-Town Mikey
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:10 PM
To: Dan Morris
Subject: RE: Sleep

You know, scientists, man. With goggles and lab coats and monsters in the big castles in Eastern Europe. Scientists.

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From: Dan Morris
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:12 PM
To: M-Town Mikey
Subject: RE: Sleep

Oh! Scientists! I see now. Our ideas of study design and implementation must be very different.

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From: M-Town Mikey
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:13 PM
To: Dan Morris
Subject: RE: Sleep

What do you mean?

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From: Dan Morris
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:15 PM
To: M-Town Mikey
Subject: RE: Sleep

Well, when you envision scientists testing a hypothesis, you see lab coats and goggles and steaming, frothy beakers. Me, I see a couple homeless dudes hopping in a dumpster and taking care of business until they achieve substantial, measurable results.

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From: M-Town Mikey
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:16 PM
To: Dan Morris
Subject: RE: Sleep

Hm. That explains so much more than just this recent confusion over the meaning of scientists.

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From: Dan Morris
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:18 PM
To: M-Town Mikey
Subject: RE: Sleep

Clearly. The advancement of science has been and will continue to be a struggle.