Well, fuck me.

Is that from Steinberger’s book?

Yeah, generally a fan of Cosmic takes, but everybody loves that movie.

Omg. Okay.

Edit, and for what it’s worth, “tendentious definition of ‘rigor’” was an attempt to be charitable, not an accusation. I was granting that maybe you viewed the previous uses of “rigor” as being tendentious.

Just read through most of your engagement w Zoomer and I kinda want to know what your affirmative case is here? Do you have a thesis statement in opposition to the idea of rigor? Or some tendentious def. of “rigor”?

Source: BFA/BA, MFA, JD.

OP’s is the sort of wonderful insight that begins with a slight tickle in the mind that says “hold on, there’s something here.” It’s an incredible feeling.

Just going to second all of the other comments that say it all gets more fleshed out. Whether it becomes more “plausible” is a judgment for the reader, but those two novels do not reflect all IMB has to say about The Culture. Excession and Look to Windward are needed before making final judgment.

Great, what’s not in Mandarin is in Arabic! What’s it take to get a little lingua Franca around here?

Mandarinwall. Smh

Never mind. Found it.

Alright, what the hell is everybody talking about?

And a fantastic excuse to listen to this charmer again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6n...

“‘The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!’

Mmmm, tell me more…”