Another term sometimes heard in Fenspace:
B-Arker: Derogatory term for someone who can't or won't consider the implications of a strongly-held position. From Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, spotted in Earthside academic usage before the discovery of handwavium.
"...basically Flat Earthers, Intelligent Designers, and generally B-Arkers"
- Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications Systems in the Computer Lab, University of Cambridge, describing proponents of Net Neutrality
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
B-Arker: Derogatory term for someone who can't or won't consider the implications of a strongly-held position. From Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, spotted in Earthside academic usage before the discovery of handwavium.
"...basically Flat Earthers, Intelligent Designers, and generally B-Arkers"
- Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications Systems in the Computer Lab, University of Cambridge, describing proponents of Net Neutrality
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012