Arguing in the face of the research?

@evidentialist Do you remember when research proved doctors were recommending cigarets to their patients ? Do you remember when research provided a pill to prevent morning sickness - only babies born after their pregnant mothers used it , were born minus parts , like arms , legs , eyes , genetila , fingers , or toes ? Do you remember research that taught for many illnesses , the proper , "cure," was bloodletting ? "Research ," can and has been ,"influenced ," by the attitude of the researchers . Did you know that in ,"researching," which cigarrets college students preferred , the cigarret companies paying for the research , sent people to the colleges prior to the research teams to hand out packages of cigarrets to all the students . Then when a researcher asked the students what they smoked , if the student didn't have a preference or answered they didn't have a preference , they'd go by whatever brand they had in their pocket . Surprise , surprise . If you look on the internet , you can find someone who has already said whatever you want to read . Believe in space aliens ? Believe in God - him , her , them , or it.? Pick one . You can validate what ever you want .

Strongly disagree. Can't get your point across using words few people understand without looking up...an intellectual realizes this using some common sense. Speak to the lowest common denominator not the average or highest

@maxhyde I doubt I've used any words , the people on this site wouldn't recognize . Nor did I recommend using ,"big ," words . I said instead to use words that actually had a meaning , in relation to the topic at hand . Nice diversionary tactic . But the topic was swear words , not intellectual words .

@Cast1es i wasnt really speaking about your language at all so apologies if you thought it was about you. Just disagreed with your point.
Swearing is used for emphasis because most people notice it. That is all. I do it way more than necessary and don't care if people think I am an idiot with no vocabulary skills. I have always spoken this way and it isn't likely to change. Not caring much about what others think of me is as much a problem as a solution so that kind of just balances itself out.
When necessary I can limit usage but I try not being in that situation. I prefer much more informal discussions and how content is delivered is less important to me than the content itself.
Like breakups, there is probably a better way to put it but the content being delivered and understood is more important than the grace or tact of the delivery...for me. My wife was nearly the polar opposite

That he does. As for NASA's response, it was still unwarranted and even if the situation is rectified, which I hope it is, there will remain a blotch on the record.

@evidentialist I think he specifically mentioned his goal being to make sure it didn’t leave a mark on her record either. I hope he has the power to get that done but as far as I heard it was his earnest intention. I don’t really blame NASA that much either, if I personally hired someone and then saw them being disrespectful to one of my company’s senior members and everyone was tagging my company’s name next to a lot of unsavory/unprofessional comments I’d probably cut bait too, but it’s obviously as unprofessional and reactionary as the comments themselves were, seeing as how it was not a personal matter of attack. This unknown older man shows up and tells her to watch her language when you’re celebrating n full of piss n vinegar n anyone’s gonna tell em where to shove it. Does anyone know if NASA actually has a language policy in place on campuses or any kind of public agreement their employees and interns enter into that binds them to any conduct code officially? If they do have a strict policy that she had supposedly already signed that’s the only time the guy’s admonition would have been slightly warranted/helpful, otherwise it was just a big misunderstanding that he shouldn’t have poked into in the first place. My grandfather worked for Bendix systems contracting as fuel specialists and technicians for NASA during the Apollo program but it was the 70s in Cape Canaveral so I guarantee they didn’t give a fuck n all sounded like dock workers at the time. Anyways, space is cool, science is cool, cursing is cool; mixing them all under committee rule is not.

@Wurlitzer -- I've done some subcontract with them and ... well ... yup.

@jlynn37 -- In this case the punishment does not reflect the crime. If that were the case, Trump would not have come close to a nomination based upon things he says and does and his presence on Twitter. Perhaps you can explain to me what harm is caused or done by telling someone to fuck off or something like it. Enough so that a person's entire future is shot down because someone didn't like what was said.

@evidentialist Your opinion is noted as is mine.

@jlynn37 -- That's fine, but what informs that opinion?

@SamanthaAustin well said...she showed very poor judgement!