That was one smart black student considering those two words!
Both words mentioned have to do with speculation, not facts.
It would teach more to simply say that educated guesses are helpful towards the progress of man, instead of floating out someone's probable doctoral dissertation to confound the issue.
Teaching is for those who can't do, just teach.

Here's another bothersome word for you.

Words like "epistemology" and "ontological" (I'll leave it to you to not look them up) have Greek roots. They gained acceptance because they were descriptive of their respective subject matters.

My student dropped out of college. You, apparently, would follow suit.

You are our resident anti-intellectual. Your distaste for any attempt at thinking through important issues--as opposed to spouting off with top-of-the-head nonsense--counts against you.

You don't even really have opinions--just reactions, akin to what happens when the doctor taps your knee.

Why do you post?

Better: Why do I reply?

I only know one, Boortz.
Then there is that congressman, a republican, I think, who runs as a republican and says he is a libertarian.
I don't know what they are; I think they think if it feels good, do it!

I feel the same way about Shakespeare and George Bush!