Freaking fracking

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I pass a student of mine standing at a table with a petition.

"Hey Professor, would you like to sign an anti-fracking petition?"

"No, I don't really know anything about it."

"What do you mean?" He looked dumbfounded.

"Well, I would need to read up on it for a while before I signed any petition, either for or against it."

"Oh, I can tell you: it's bad!"

Given the amount of studying that my students do, I would be willing to bet that he knew no more about the subject than I know. But he made up for that with lots of extra certainty.

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  1. Bobybuilder10:01 PM

    You're back at LVMI?

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  2. Silas Barta5:36 PM

    I've run into the same situation many times myself.

    Me: I don't understand X.
    Them: I do understand X.
    Me: Oh, cool, then you can answer these questions I have about it [...].
    Them: Uh, I have no idea.
    Me: Well, what do you know about X?
    Them: [...]
    Me: I already know all that ...

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