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SR3116 t1_j7m56j9 wrote

Reply to comment by brucebuffett in The often misused buzzword Paradigm originated in extremely popular and controversial philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn's work; he defined the term in two core ways: firstly as a disciplinary matrix (similar to the concept of a worldview) and secondly as an exemplar by thelivingphilosophy

Excuse me, but "proactive" and "paradigm" -- aren't these just buzzwords that dumb people use to sound important? Not that I'm accusing you of anything like that.

-- I'm fired, aren't I?

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Smallpaul t1_j7og86o wrote

Proactive seems like a useful word to me. What’s a less middle-brow word with a similar meaning?

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SR3116 t1_j7otvcg wrote

It's a Simpsons quote. The comment above mine is also a Simpsons quote, so I was just continuing the scene.

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