Has the Baton Been Passed from Gee to Smoot?

[Dr Moore]

In how many ancient cultures was literature marked by summarizing chapter & section headings?

I would think more common than not. It’s like a common courtesy to the reader.

More importantly, in how many cultures is there no evidence of any summarizing chapter and section heads in the extant literature?

[Kishkumen]

In how many ancient cultures was literature marked by summarizing chapter & section headings?

I would think more common than not. It’s like a common courtesy to the reader.

More importantly, in how many cultures is there no evidence of any summarizing chapter and section heads in the extant literature?

Good questions, Dr. Moore. Perhaps in Uto-Aztecan this happened all the time.

[Doctor Scratch]

Word on the street is that DCP is a family friend of the Smoots and that he has genuine avuncular concern for Young Smoot.

Interesting, Reverend--I'm sure you're right. And interesting choice of word there: "concern" and "affection," of course, are not the same thing, exactly. I can't help but think of the case of David Bokovoy, where "genuine concern" was also involved.

So, I don’t know how the politics and dynamics of the situation play out. I am hopeful that Young Smoot finds his niche, but I would prefer that he get a real job and abandon Mopologetics. I have no gripe with his love of Mormonism. There are many ways of expressing Mormon nerdiness, however. What the world needs less of is Mopologetic hostility. I guess it keeps us employed at old Cassius U. There is that. If we weren’t graduating so many counter-Mopologists, we couldn’t keep the lights on.

All true.