Oh this thread is about to get political
There was some kind of reference in the speech to James P. Burdell.
Is he talking about how cow farts are killing polar bears and about how rational consciousness somehow emerged through a mechanical process working on stochastic variation?
1) you don't know how much that hurts me (I'm into the cognitive linguistic critique of Noam's generative grammar theory)you remind me of noam chomsky.
Yep. I watched a replay of some of the speech, and the venue and the student body, and the crowd in general, looked first class. Great diversity and a lot of sophistication presenting itself. Having all the appropriate government officials present from Governor on down plus the Obama administration official with the Tech degree, was something you might not see at another college except for an Ivy or maybe Stanford.This would have been a good day to have some prospects visit. Get to see the Campus, Facilities, and POTUS... BAM!