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Not that it bothers me much, but it doesn't help your cause.
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<p>If it doesn't bother you that much, then why do you continue to post? It's very simple ske, you could've just stopped posting and that would've been the end of that. </p>
<p>You know, I'll never understand you Harvard losers for as long as I'll live. You get other posters angry at you but you all still believe that you're writing something worthy ON AN ONLINE FORUM with garbage that was LOUSY TO BEGIN WITH. I know that I'll look back years from now and shake my head at just how immature and useless some of the stuff I wrote on CC was. But you're an older student. With serious responsibilities. Even just by replying to us in an eloquent manner degrades you. But responding in the manner that you did? Come on ske, you're better than that.</p>
<p>I'll keep it simple. You're far less qualified/mature than I am to be judging about what and what doesn't help my cause and you know what? Nobody cares. If you have even an iota of experience in dealing with people, you should be able to tell that NOBODY here actually "supports" your cause. Having a one-person stand isn't really that effective bro. Whatever my "cause" is, it obviously has more support than whatever GARBAGE you're preaching. I'd like to think that you're some sort of a troll but no troll actually puts this much effort into his posts. You're probably just some loser then.</p>
<p>I'll give you one more out. Stop posting, ske. Nobody wants to listen to you.</p>
<p>If you don't want to listen to me, just don't read my post. Very simple. </p>
<p>Whether they disagree with me or not, people are reading this thread - there are thousands of hits recorded.</p>
<p>Here's some latest bit of news:</p>
<p>Nine Harvard researchers wiin NIH Pioneer and Innovator Awards
(22% of the awards given), with U Chicago and UC system as a whole getting 4 awards each</p>
<p>BigBrother, your posts are awesome and are right on the mark.</p>
<p>Ske, your posts are childish and they suck. Nobody is denying that Harvard is a great university. But the whole point is that there are <em>many</em> great places out there. In terms of the so-called substance behind your posts -- most of those statistics are completely irrelevant. As the saying goes, figures don't lie but liars figure. Since you brought up the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, do you happen to know which institution has won more of them than any other since the program was started? Hint: it's not the Big H ... even before normalizing for the enormous size of its medical school faculty!</p>
<p>Okay, I'll admit it: Harvard is a good school. So what? There are many other schools as good as or - dare I say it - even better than Harvard. It's one thing to have pride for your school, but it's another thing to attach your pride to it. You'll probably say, no no no I never said I value myself as a human being because I attend Harvard. But everyone knows that no sane man would research thousands of links about Harvard and write 6 pages worth of text in its defense if his pride wasn't on the line. Now tell me: how many hours total do you spend a day in front of your computer researching about Harvard's successes? 10, 20? I'm really curious.</p>
<p>Well, that's precisely the point. There just aren't "many" other schools as good as Harvard. There are maybe a few that come close but Harvard remains numero uno. That's "merely a fact", to quote Yale President Levin.</p>
<p>To answer your question, I don't have the luxury of spending any significant amount of time "researching" to write posts on this website. I happen to remember or store links about Harvard when I run into them. If you look at the dates of my posts, you can see that they come sporadically in bursts, ie. whenever I can afford to waste a little time. By the way: </p>
<p>I have 236 posts since May 2006. 236/16 months =14.7 posts/month
You have 423 posts since Dec 2005. 423/21 months = 20 posts/month</p>
<p>If anything, you probably have spent more time on this website than I have. I haven't read any of your other posts, but you've read a lot of mine, obviously. So what does that tell you?</p>
<p>As far as the question of deriving self-worth from my institutional affiliation, I will be more than happy to tell you all about my numerous other personal accomplishments, if you really care to listen.</p>
<p>I really don't care what Yale President Levin says. Just because he says Harvard is the best doesn't make it so.</p>
<p>"I happen to remember or store links about Harvard when I run into them."
I think that proves my point.</p>
<p>"I have 236 posts since May 2006. 236/16 months =14.7 posts/month
You have 423 posts since Dec 2005. 423/21 months = 20 posts/month"
If you're as intelligent as you claim then you will know that quantity and quality are very very different when it comes to numbers. Most of my posts are either short, random, comments, or about issues that actually matter. I do not post 6 pages of text claiming how the school I attend is the best in the world and how it is impossible for any other school to ever be better, which by the way, is practically impossible. You don't need statistics or proof to illustrate that Harvard fails at some aspects where other schools excel. That's just common sense.</p>
<p>"If anything, you probably have spent more time on this website than I have. I haven't read any of your other posts, but you've read a lot of mine, obviously. So what does that tell you?"
I was originally talking about how much time you spend searching about Harvard. I never said anything about spending time on CC reading posts and wasting time. This tells me that you misunderstood my point: you attach your pride to your school. I also haven't read any of your past posts either. I merely saw the title of the topic and clicked the last page. After reading your comments I couldn't resist from responding to such erroneous claims.</p>
<p>The fact that you have numerous other accomplishments does not change the fact that you attach your pride to your school. You can not disprove A by proving B because they are not mutually exclusive. But that's besides the point. The point is that you are not convincing anyone.</p>
<p>"The point is that you are not convincing anyone."</p>
<p>Well, since you seem to be making some attempt to be logically rigorous here, let me point out that you can't really speak for all the other readers. If I convince a single person (myself, for example), the above statement is already false.</p>
<p>The chances are, after having read my posts above, many people think that the U.S. News rankings of law schools is pure baloney, which it is.</p>