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This has been sitting on my computer for 6 months. Put it in your pipe and smoke it, but be careful not to burn yourself.
So I want to discuss my past contributions to the multivariable calculus course. There may be some problems with integrating my material with that of others (Specifically JacobB, of course), since my approach to vector components in curvilinear coordinates was somewhat unorthodox. See my talk page, at the bottom.
So I want to discuss my past contributions to the multivariable calculus course. There may be some problems with integrating my material with that of others (Specifically JacobB, of course), since my approach to vector components in curvilinear coordinates was somewhat unorthodox. See my talk page, at the bottom.
==I would really love to see [[User:Conservative]] slowly and painfully burn==
his opponents in a debate.
Unfortunately, I'm not likely to see that, in view of his appalling lack of skill at convincing people that he is worth debating. Perhaps the most recent example is his page [[Essay: Debate challenge to new atheist Kyle Kulinski]]. Mr. Kulinski has made it very clear, in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xlPMs3Obk this] video, that he will not debate anyone at Conservapedia, and has no respect for the way the admins marshall their arguments.
There are other instances of Cons backing out when people were willing to debate him (I was actually involved in one of these.) Perhaps the most famous case was one in which a person offered to donate 12,500 British pounds to a Christian charity, but Cons backed out. The web site on which this took place cannot be named here, but one can Google the exact phrase "actually laughable collections"
While Cons's debating and general rhetorical skill are appalling, there is one tactic that he is exceptionally good at—lifting quotes out of context. Probably the best example of this is the article [[Essay:_Atheist_PZ_Myers:_"I_despair_over_atheism_as_I_watch_it_burn...".]] This is, like so many of his other articles and essays, really just a collection of links to other of his articles. But it has an illustration showing a burning house, the same caption as the article itself: "Atheist PZ Myers: 'I despair over atheism as I watch it burn...'".
What's in that ellipsis? Well, there is an external reference to [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/01/30/feminism-isnt-a-side-issue-it-is-a-central-issue-in-any-movement-with-a-pretense-to-rationalism/ this] article at PZ Myers' "Pharyngula" blog. The actual quote from that article was "I despair over atheism, as I watch it burn away allies and embrace the default attitude of patronizing bro-ness." It seems to be about feminism and PZ Myers' atheism. Or something. It's actually quite boring, like most of his writing, and I haven't read it.
But taking the phrase "watch it [atheism] burn away allies" and turning it into "watch it burn" is the most astonishing act of quoting out of context that I have ever seen.
== Reinhold Niebuhr Quote (well, paraphrase)==
== Reinhold Niebuhr Quote (well, paraphrase)==