I was re-reading the fantastic debate collected in the book “The Positivist Dispute in German Sociology” where the contributions by Karl Popper really shines. Beyond the substantive points, the insults are among the very best! The following was directed at Habermas, but you can substitute the name with whoever you like:
It is for reasons such as this that I find it so difficult to discuss any serious problem with Professor <add a relevant name here>. I am sure he is perfectly sincere. But I think that he does not know how to put things simply, clearly and modestly, rather than impressively. Most of what he says seems to me trivial; the rest seems to me mistaken.
I wish Karl Popper had a blog.
The post The very best academic insult appeared on The Grumpy Criminologist 2016-08-12 13:09:09 by Torbjørn.