My chat with Richard Dawkins

[greneknight]

I'm 26. I never did a youtube video though.

Lol at least I sound my age

It's exceedingly difficult for me to sound like my age, however hard I try. You see, my brain is that of a 50 year old professor and it's housed in a rather young body. Because of that, everyone is amazed and my astounding maturity and most people in forums and yahoo groups don't believe I'm anything less than 40. Many have talked about the incisiveness of my arguments (let me see, how do teenagers say that? Oh yes, coolness of my words) and the incredible witticisms I sprinkle my posts with. Most people are totally unable to accept that I'm any younger than 40. Sigh, what can one do when one is just born with a strikingly mature mind?

Folks, I have to go now. I have an important lecture to give in my college in Oxford. It's on Shakespeare's imagery and I've got to give quotations from at least 20 plays and poems by the Bard. Godspeed! Oops, that's the Shakespeare side of me. Mustn't allow the job to interfere with my personal life. Bye folksies!!

[FallentoReason]

So he's a guy that has studied literature. No wonder he can warp and become someone else. Fascinating.

[Red Celt]

It's exceedingly difficult for me to sound like my age, however hard I try. You see, my brain is that of a 50 year old professor and it's housed in a rather young body. Because of that, everyone is amazed and my astounding maturity and most people in forums and yahoo groups don't believe I'm anything less than 40. Many have talked about the incisiveness of my arguments (let me see, how do teenagers say that? Oh yes, coolness of my words) and the incredible witticisms I sprinkle my posts with. Most people are totally unable to accept that I'm any younger than 40. Sigh, what can one do when one is just born with a strikingly mature mind?

[Annik]

I don't have any issue in believing your age.

[Cato]

It's exceedingly difficult for me to sound like my age, however hard I try. You see, my brain is that of a 50 year old professor and it's housed in a rather young body. Because of that, everyone is amazed and my astounding maturity and most people in forums and yahoo groups don't believe I'm anything less than 40. Many have talked about the incisiveness of my arguments (let me see, how do teenagers say that? Oh yes, coolness of my words) and the incredible witticisms I sprinkle my posts with. Most people are totally unable to accept that I'm any younger than 40. Sigh, what can one do when one is just born with a strikingly mature mind?

Folks, I have to go now. I have an important lecture to give in my college in Oxford. It's on Shakespeare's imagery and I've got to give quotations from at least 20 plays and poems by the Bard. Godspeed! Oops, that's the Shakespeare side of me. Mustn't allow the job to interfere with my personal life. Bye folksies!!

You betray yourself. You have never been "incisive"; your adjective, not mine (remember, I'm the asshole that took issue with your constant 'alter boy' credential bullshit).

Someone with the responsibility of quoting only twenty poems or plays from Shakespeare could have done better than 'Godspeed'. C'mon. You are pretentious. I know him as Bill.

More damning is the fact that you called me a 'folk'. No doubt you thought this would be endearing; however, Susan Jacoby laid waste to this sentiment years ago in her book. What book? You are a supposed educator; therefore, you should know.

[greneknight]

It's exceedingly difficult for me to sound like my age, however hard I try. You see, my brain is that of a 50 year old professor and it's housed in a rather young body. Because of that, everyone is amazed and my astounding maturity and most people in forums and yahoo groups don't believe I'm anything less than 40. Many have talked about the incisiveness of my arguments (let me see, how do teenagers say that? Oh yes, coolness of my words) and the incredible witticisms I sprinkle my posts with. Most people are totally unable to accept that I'm any younger than 40. Sigh, what can one do when one is just born with a strikingly mature mind?

Folks, I have to go now. I have an important lecture to give in my college in Oxford. It's on Shakespeare's imagery and I've got to give quotations from at least 20 plays and poems by the Bard. Godspeed! Oops, that's the Shakespeare side of me. Mustn't allow the job to interfere with my personal life. Bye folksies!!

You betray yourself. You have never been "incisive"; your adjective, not mine (remember, I'm the asshole that took issue with your constant 'alter boy' credential bullshit).

Someone with the responsibility of quoting only twenty poems or plays from Shakespeare could have done better than 'Godspeed'. C'mon. You are pretentious. I know him as Bill.

More damning is the fact that you called me a 'folk'. No doubt you thought this would be endearing; however, Susan Jacoby laid waste to this sentiment years ago in her book. What book? You are a supposed educator; therefore, you should know.

Susan Jacoby? Oh, she's my wife!!! The book is called "The Age of American Unreason". Have you seen my paper on that work published in The Harvard Times?

[Cato]

Susan Jacoby? Oh, she's my wife!!! The book is called "The Age of American Unreason". Have you seen my paper on that work published in The Harvard Times?

Not only is Jacoby not your wife, you have also never had anything published in The Harvard Times. Alter Boy!

[greneknight]

Oh, and if you want to know why I have the time to type this when I'm in the lecture hall conducting a lecture on Shakespearean imagery, I've just given my students an assessment and they are busily writing it now. So I have a bit of time while they feverishly do my assignment. Oh, the Provost is here. Sorry, folksies, I have to run! My salary depends on him!!!

[Cato]

Oh, and if you want to know why I have the time to type this when I'm in the lecture hall conducting a lecture on Shakespearean imagery, I've just given my students an assessment and they are busily writing it now. So I have a bit of time while they feverishly do my assignment. Oh, the Provost is here. Sorry, folksies, I have to run! My salary depends on him!!!

Nice try. Time zones are a real bitch.

[Red Celt]

You sounded very confident that an ISP check would confirm that it was noon where you were posting from. So I kept that in mind when I went on a little trawl...

There's someone in Singapore who uses the name Greneknight. Not a unique pseudonym, obviously, so I established that their initials were TL. Turns out that's short for Teng Leong, which isn't a full name, but a few mouse clicks later I had Lim Teng Leong, who is a 50yr old professor who teaches at a Methodist school. He isn't the most devout Christian and points out biblical inadequacies in a light-hearted (isn't this silly) kind of way, to his son and daughter. He only remains connected to the church because he plays an instrument with them.

I could have the completely wrong Greneknight, but the timezone fits. And he shares your views about Christianity. Oh, and there's also this little zinger that you slipped in...

You see, my brain is that of a 50 year old professor and it's housed in a rather young body.