@farmerman,
...you don't debate concepts, you don't debate logic, you barely comply with common sense, you speak from authority but throw no meat into the table...so what is it? More "aimless directions"?
You have spoken of our "bromance" and a lot of things and tastes that we shared but straight in your face honesty is one you cannot afford!
You are far in too deep, too compromised, and cannot afford the luxury of independent thinking!
Glad you choose a career n all have fun with retirement!
We all make choices in life! Enjoy yours...
Your generation, as previous ones bought into other myths, went with the myth that Science has no boundaries but we all are about to hit a species related barrier...as I listen to you you seem to keep pushing the agenda and selling Scientific Colgate at peoples doors but these days no one is buying it!
One thing the Social media did right aside all the misinformation going on between dumbfucks was to expose the pseudo knowledge going in the Academia itself...