Had a manic depressive philosophy professor at a univ I visited for a year as a grad student. He would bail after the term not having graded papers and would occasionally be abusive toward visiting speakers at invited luncheon talks. I recall the dept chair had to shout him down one time during a Q&A when some visitor was giving a talk.
Still recall one remark he shouted, “Your position is the essence of particularism!”
It was a known issue. There are plenty of “difficult” faculty, shirkers, hard asses, etc., but with him it was always another level. I didn’t interact with him much, but he was beyond anyone else I had seen on a number of different dimensions.
One of my professors was apparently going through a rough divorce after his wife left him for another man. He broke down in one lecture when writing on the chalk board with of those giant pieces of chalk and said something like “maybe if I was hung like this my wife would still be with me.” He then went on a rant (probably only a few minutes but felt longer) about how women make terrible choices with respect to men and don’t go for the nice guys. Everyone just sat there in stunned silence and then he walked out of the room. He took a few weeks off, but then came back like nothing ever happened.
Feynman was famous for giving people a hard time in seminars. Supposedly he made a Nobel winner cry. Last time I looked I couldn’t find confirmation of this particular story but Feynman could definitely be an ass.
Fair enough, I didn’t interact with him personally very much. The scuttlebutt was bipolar, but he could have been a narcissist with mania. He could still function, usually, as a prof, but he definitely had occasional mania.
I mean I’m not sure the DSM-4/5 really cleaves nature at the joints when it comes to diagnosis. The correct answer may be that he had too many of certain neurotransmitters and not enough of others.
Surely you’re joking, Mr Devil!
Even in a non-manic period, I don’t think I could forget the fact that the person sent me an email that told me to go fuck myself.
It is a tough situation all around. Not sure I would be mad at the employer regardless of what they decided to do.
Obviously, you’re correct as far as your example is concerned, but this case is a bit different. If the dude has a seizure again, the only likely harm is to himself. On the other hand, that resignation email could be construed as a bit threatening .“You are about to PAY UP!” could be a lot of things including deciding to shoot her department chair in the face.
And if something remotely like that happened, how the heck is OSU supposed to defend themselves then.
Is that seriously the best possible photo of Pluto available in 1994? I’d have guessed that was from about 1974.
Pluto is really, really, really far away
Googled the race and there’s a headline about her wanting France and Putin to ally. I couldn’t bear to click it. That has her surging in polls? WAAF. So fucking fucked.
the one on the right is clearly not a planet
New Horizons never got enough love. Incredible accomplishment for space exploration.
Pluto’s satellites Nix and Hydra also have a connection with the spacecraft: the first letters of their names (N and H) are the initials of New Horizons . The moons’ discoverers chose these names for this reason,
Also
About 30 grams (1 oz) of Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes are aboard the spacecraft, to commemorate his discovery of Pluto in 1930.
That was WTF in so many ways. Also never heard the term “bride-elect” before. Then again, it’s not like I read wedding announcements ever.
They kind of buried the lede there. That bill also sets up a challenge to Obergefell.
