litcritter bashing and the academic factory

[Steve Perry]

>Hmmm well, the distinction between "up" and "down" is taught to us in
>primary school, and up quarks don't point in the opposite direction to down
>quarks, so I guess Murray Gell-Mann's a worthless faker too.  And
>superstrings aren't strings, so that's bad news for Hawking.  And indeed,
>imaginary numbers aren't imaginary, which is bad news for someone else.
>I've never understood what's up with science-spod types who refuse to learn
>a few technical terms, apply themselves and accept some metaphorical
>language when it's someone else's field, but demand limitless indulgence in
>their own.


>dd

ah, metaphor--he never says so, but great. please
unravel the terms of the "metaphor" for us.