BTZ42: Infant T.'s mean erection length

[Mark Kohut]

I think the mention of the student is mostly TRPs way of saying
that the procedure is scalable cheaply, able to become institutionalized
in our educational system. (Talk about eliminating the need for ethical
teaching in education and creating a stimulus-only world. A lot like the
culture we have, many say.)

Fear, too much 'subjectivity', requires a recognition of our 'inner lives'.
Some kind of awareness of our (possible) humanity.

And, right here (again)...THIS as the evil of reductionist binary
distinctions, a
lifelong bugaboo in P's vision.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's unskirt that question--why does Jamf measure Infant T's erections?
> Is it just general perversity? Does it just serve the column inches joke?
>
> p. 85:
>
> "Shoestring funding may have been why Jamf, for his target reflex, chose
> an infant hardon."
>
> One of Jamf's objections to measuring fear, a la Watson/Raynor:
>
> "too much subjectivity (what's fear? How much is 'a lot'?)"
>
> "But a hardon, that's either there, or it isn't. Binary, elegant. The job
> of observing it can even be done by a *student*."
>
> Is the student the one measuring Infant T's penis? Who might this student
> be?
>
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