Word: absurdism
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...would be absurd to choose between math majors based on, say, who will be better on his intramural sports team. Picture an admissions committee mulling over two candidates: “Well, this one won the International Math Olympiad, but only averaged 7.6 points per game on varsity basketball in high school. This one didn’t even make it past the national math competition, but scored 10 per game on varsity basketball, and what a shotblocker! Let’s admit...
Choosing football players based on who scored a 1200 versus a 1000 on the SATs is equally absurd; the one who scored 1200 may get a B in Government 30: “Introduction to American Government” instead of a C-plus, but both will make their primary contribution to Harvard by scoring a touchdown, not by scoring a 98 percent on a test. Athletes—like the rest of Harvard students—should be admitted based on how excellently they do what they are best at, not based on whether they are poor, mediocre...
...Which persuades the world not at all. An Italian racer in the final, Fabio (no relation to the Fabio) Carta, offered post-race that "We should use a rifle on Ohno. Its absurd that the Korean was disqualified...
...stoned to find his way out of his own bathroom in Quincy House and had imagined the fellation after devouring several copies of Sports Illustrated in a bout of severe munchies. “After that much ink gets in your system, it’s common to have absurd sexual delusions,” said professor of psychopharmacology K. Leonard Previan. Previan then consumed a bubbling vial of an unknown substance and attempted to convince several of his collegues that he’d once engaged in a three-way with his head TF and the Dalai Lama...
...every pretrial appearance, Milosevic has responded with political diatribes. He has labeled the charges against him "absurd" and "monstrous," the prosecutor a NATO mouthpiece, the court a "retarded 7-year-old." He has called himself a peacemaker who is on trial to cover up NATO aggression against a sovereign country. The rants have led the presiding judge, Richard May, to cut off Milosevic's microphone. Milosevic has dropped hints that he might stage a grand scene by calling a parade of Western leaders to testify, starting with former President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It will...