“I would not think there is not a single professor at Harvard who is not ambitious, in the sense of intellectually ambitious,” [says Harvard] Psychology Department Chair Susan Carey.
“I would not think there is not a single professor at Harvard who is not ambitious, in the sense of intellectually ambitious,” [says Harvard] Psychology Department Chair Susan Carey.
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September 16th, 2010 at 7:15AM
Yowza!
My brain will hurt for the rest of the day after reading that.
September 16th, 2010 at 7:58AM
tp: It does have a mesmerizing power, I warn you. I’ve thought about it – tried to make it make sense – for a couple of days now.
September 16th, 2010 at 2:45PM
My best attempt at untangling it so far has been:
“I would not think any Harvard professor lacks ambition” (or “is unambitious”?)
I’m assuming there, of course, that “any” can contain the negative connotation of “not a single”. Still, whatever happened to concision and pithiness?
September 16th, 2010 at 8:21PM
That’s good, Peter. Better than I was able to do.
September 22nd, 2010 at 8:42AM
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