Curious Quote of the Day

by Pejman Yousefzadeh on March 21, 2011

. . . if you’ve reached the point where you don’t pay attention to anything that might disturb your orthodoxy, you’re not doing science, you’re not even pursuing a discipline. All you’re doing is perpetuating a smug, closed-minded sect.

–Paul Krugman, who apparently forgot that he was the subject of posts like this one, and this one as well.

Tagged as: Epistemic Closure, Hypocrisy, Paul Krugman, Stupidity, The Left

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Brett_mcs

More projection from the left.
Anonymous

Krugman’s mind is so closed and tiny it is a wonder they actually allow him near students. Were I on the board at Princeton, I’d fire his sorry ass. Oh, that’s right, tenure protects the incompetent…
Anonymous

Krugman’s mind is so closed and tiny it is a wonder they actually allow him near students. Were I on the board at Princeton, I’d fire his sorry ass. Oh, that’s right, tenure protects the incompetent…
http://pumping-irony.livejournal.com/ Wilbur Post

“All you’re doing is perpetuating a smug, closed-minded sect.”

I’d like to take issue with that, Paul. Sometimes you’re not as smug as you usually are.
FUBAR

So Krugman doesn’t bother to read himself either. Life is really short.
Anonymous

Who’s this Krugman person you write of?
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Anonymous

I live in a university town. A smug, closed-minded sect is just about all there is here. I can’t wait for the higher education bubble to burst.