Magical Realism and Information Operations

[marct]

Hi Stan,

Marc, those are fine qualities in a person today
I hate the status quo. Why do we insist on believing this Bravo Sierra Bible Study, when we know good and well it's BS ?

Put somebody on the ground (there) and get it right.

LOLOL I keep telling my students that.. .

Oops, forgot the ending ! 15 years back will do just fine Sir !

15 years back? Hmm, just finishing off my MA at that time; writing up my thesis, going through the first year of my marriage, getting yelled at for suggesting that Anthropologists should work with businesses and the military .

Marc

[Tom Odom]

Honestly, I've seen to much junk produced, and called "research", that I get a little heated about the topic.

Now, Marc, drink the Kool-aid and calm down...

Research is often much like intelligence analysis based on cherry picking; it stands up until someone asks the magic question, which identifies the branches between those cherries.

Tom

[Stan]

15 years back? Hmm, just finishing off my MA at that time; writing up my thesis, going through the first year of my marriage, getting yelled at for suggesting that Anthropologists should work with businesses and the military .

You would have been perfect. (Ahem) Somewhat young and open minded. I had three marriages, and yes, got yelled at more times than I care to remember.

It would appear, that an Anthropologist indeed should work with the military.

I, for example in two short months have learned a lot (and free)

[marct]

Now, Marc, drink the Kool-aid and calm down...

It's a good thing Canadian culture is based on both English and French. For example, I've noted that the Australians are producing a very palatable Merlot "Kool-aid",and it is lunch time....

Research is often much like intelligence analysis based on cherry picking; it stands up until someone asks the magic question, which identifies the branches between those cherries.

You're definitely right, Tom, there are a lot of similarities. I actually got interested in Intel analysis as a way of improving my research - well, that and its historic ties into Anthropology.

You would have been perfect. (Ahem) Somewhat young and open minded. I had three marriages, and yes, got yelled at more times than I care to remember.

I like to think that I am still open minded, although my wife (he same one as 15 years ago) keeps mumbling about"holes in the head" .

It would appear, that an Anthropologist indeed should work with the military. I, for example in two short months have learned a lot (and free)

Yeah, yeah, yeah... She's still bugging me about that . Okay, maybe I should start thinking about exams .

Marc