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Thu 22 Jan, 2015 12:27 pm
1) Does "efforts...end" mean "efforts ... bear fruit"?
2) Does "You have to be very learned to be that wrong" mean "one makes such a (terrible) mistake is because he's very learned (very well educated)"?
Context:
And if political inclusiveness is our primary concern, where could
such efforts to broaden our conception of scientific truth possibly end? Physicists tend to have an unusual aptitude for complex mathematics, and anyone who doesn't cannot expect to make much of a contribution to the field. Why not remedy this situation as well? Why not create an epistemology for physicists who failed calculus? Why not be bolder still and establish a branch of physics for people suffering from debilitating brain injuries? Who could reasonably expect that such efforts at inclusiveness would increase our understanding of a phenomenon like gravity? As Steven Weinberg once said regarding similar doubts about the objectivity of science, "You have to be very learned to be that wrong." Indeed, one does - and many are.
@oristarA,
Quote:1) Does "efforts...end" mean "efforts ... bear fruit"?
Not exactly Ori. I might have have used the expression "wind up," the implication that of a bitter or confusing end or at least petering out
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
Quote:1) Does "efforts...end" mean "efforts ... bear fruit"?
Not exactly Ori. I might have have used the expression "wind up," the implication that of a bitter or confusing end or at least petering out
Cool.
Who would like to answer the second question:
2) Does "You have to be very learned to be that wrong" mean "one makes such a (terrible) mistake is because he's very learned (very well educated)"?
@oristarA,
Yes. You get that the tone is bitterly sarcastic I assume?
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:
Yes. You get that the tone is bitterly sarcastic I assume?
Yeah. I think it sounds ironically, bitterly sarcastic.