CaliforniaKid wrote: ... Generally speaking, though, I wasn't able to get much clarification concerning his specific method. He doesn't show his work in the article, and he said he did this work a year and a half ago and isn't sure where he filed it. Without more information, I'm not sure how to respond to this critique. ...
Well, you are a nice guy, and always behave politely and unaggressively. Good for you.
But some people would be severely tempted to respond to a 'critique' such as you describe (based on work not cited, and not now to be found even by the author) by blowing a loud raspberry.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
CaliforniaKid wrote:He doesn't show his work in the article...
Of course not. Why on earth would he? Gasp.
CaliforniaKid wrote:...and he said he did this work a year and a half ago and isn't sure where he filed it.
Naturally. Another missing text.
When and where does this cosmic hide the text game end?
It is possible that an angel came to Gee's office and borrowed the papers with his calculations on them. But that would be too sacred to talk about.
And - it bursts upon me - why the heck could this kind of thing never happen to me, or anyone I know?
Answer: because like every person doing research and writing under the age of (well, I won't say, too in real life), I do sums on Excel spreadsheets, or at least write down the results on Word documents. Filing 'papers' you are working on away and not being able to find them is something that might have happened before all this (now not very) new stuff came in. Not nowadays.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Chap wrote:It is possible that an angel came to Gee's office and borrowed the papers with his calculations on them. But that would be too sacred to talk about.
I rather think it is the case that the angel instructed Gee not to divulge the calculations to Chris lest he steal them, change them around, and try to make it look like Gee was wrong!
Chap wrote:And - it bursts upon me - why the heck could this kind of thing never happen to me, or anyone I know?
Answer: because like every person doing research and writing under the age of (well, I won't say, too in real life), I do sums on Excel spreadsheets, or at least write down the results on Word documents. Filing 'papers' you are working on away and not being able to find them is something that might have happened before all this (now not very) new stuff came in. Not nowadays.
Well, it was a lame excuse, but with the words of the angel ringing in his ears, it is all he could come up with to get that evil and designing thief Chris off the trail of the sacred scroll calculations.
"Petition wasn’t meant to start a witch hunt as I’ve said 6000 times." ~ Hanna Seariac, LDS apologist
Chap wrote:It is possible that an angel came to Gee's office and borrowed the papers with his calculations on them. But that would be too sacred to talk about.
I rather think it is the case that the angel instructed Gee not to divulge the calculations to Chris lest he steal them, change them around, and try to make it look like Gee was wrong!
Chap wrote:And - it bursts upon me - why the heck could this kind of thing never happen to me, or anyone I know?
Answer: because like every person doing research and writing under the age of (well, I won't say, too in real life), I do sums on Excel spreadsheets, or at least write down the results on Word documents. Filing 'papers' you are working on away and not being able to find them is something that might have happened before all this (now not very) new stuff came in. Not nowadays.
Well, it was a lame excuse, but with the words of the angel ringing in his ears, it is all he could come up with to get that evil and designing thief Chris off the trail of the sacred scroll calculations.
You definitely get closer to the authentic finger-lickin' flavor of Mormon excuse culture than my effort at parody managed to do.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
CaliforniaKid wrote:He doesn't show his work in the article, and he said he did this work a year and a half ago and isn't sure where he filed it.
OMFG
I typically go back and forth in feeling pity for and disgust with Dr. Gee. Now I just feel both. Please go away, Dr. Gee. It'll be better for you and me both.