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[elston gunn]

Hello everyone,

This is mainly just a quick notification to people who use these forums regularly. My university supervisor, Dr Nicola Knight (a postdoc researcher at Oxford Uni) may have used this website regularly to talk about bike-related issues and so forth. I'm sad to say that he collapsed and died playing sport a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure if he was a regular user of the bike chat forum but he referred to it in one of his pieces of work where he said he posted a study he was working on to forum users. He was collaborating with me on my dissertation when he died. If you chatted to him on this forum then maybe you would like to fill in a 15 minute survey he was helping me with (see below).

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=1Lsrq9HJfwxXI37oPCJR1g_3d_3d

On a brighter note, I have a good friend who goes on a lot of motorbiking holidays and I was hoping to impress her when I next see her! What is the best motorbike holiday you have ever been on? Somewhere in Europe? The United States? South America perhaps? Let me know!..

Thanks,

Ed Sucksmith

[wizzzard]

He was called nicola
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[D O G]

This is the lowest form of SPAM I have ever seen.

[trevoriv]

Sucksmith?
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[The Original Muzza]

[Icey]

You could always phone him and complain about his spam?

[D O G]

Perhaps we should contact them regarding the ethics of his attempts to get reponses to his survey....

[truslack]

I read the first question on the questionnaire, and laughed so much I couldn't continue. Sorry.
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[The Original Muzza]

GET TO QUESTION 4. NOW!
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From then on, I and the bicycle feelings deeper.

[truslack]

[bacon]

[The Original Muzza]

[Dragonfly]

Has anyone phoned him yet?

Its not really a weird way to spam as I get emails of while families being wiped out from my panicking Nigerian friend who wants me to look after his money as he is in grave danger of being impaled.

although Edward dosnt have to go this far for answers for a survey.

"Hi just popping by to tell you a member here is dead , will you do my survey?"
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Muzza on Binge:
He's too busy beating the everloving shit out of Lizzie to notice this thread has taken a turn down Drama Avenue and stopped off at the popcorn shop.

[The Original Muzza]

Right, sorry to clutter this spam thread, but after the first ten questions, about the morality of manslaughter, incest, public nudity, group sex, theft and beastiality, I get to question 11. Needless to say I am outraged, disgusted and daily mailed:

[Dragonfly]

I am never taking a train where Edward lives!

Ps someone posted this here before that was doing a degree. I cant think who but I have done this before.
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All the breast.
Muzza on Binge:
He's too busy beating the everloving shit out of Lizzie to notice this thread has taken a turn down Drama Avenue and stopped off at the popcorn shop.

[D O G]

Is is morally wrong for me to have completed the test whilst also berating him for spamming us

[Feasty]

Well I've done the same thing, though it might turn out to be an odd result with an 88 year old with 246 siblings before 18...
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(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[The Original Muzza]

76 year old female here with 190 siblings. Who thinks incest is fine but eating chocolate with cutlery is VERY WRONG.
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From then on, I and the bicycle feelings deeper.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

I got £50 for filling out Nicola's survey.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=117448

Can I have another £50 for doing yours?
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[Dr. DaveJPS]

[hellkat]

A man can be called Ni[c]cola.
Its Italian for Nicolas.

I have a friend called Niccola el Greco
We call him Nick the Greek.

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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

"On a brighter note ..."

I have an Italian mate called Andrea.
He's a urologist who specialises in impotence.

Damn interesting, he is, even though he can hardly speaka da English.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Clanger]

Whilst we're on the subject...Big Daddy's first names was Shirley.
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[Ariel Badger]

Obituary: Dr Nicola Knight
12 June 2009
It is with profound sadness that we report the death of Dr Nicola Knight, Researcher in the Centre for Anthropology and Mind and Lecturer in the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford.
It is with profound sadness that we report the death of Dr Nicola Knight, Researcher in the Centre for Anthropology and Mind and Lecturer in the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

Nicola Knight was trained in both anthropology and psychology. After taking his First Degree in Social Anthropology (LSE, 1999) he went on to receive three Master’s Degrees: in Human Evolution and Behaviour (UCL, 2000), Anthropology (Michigan 2002), and Psychology (Michigan 2004). His PhD from the University of Michigan was jointly in Anthropology and Psychology (2007). As a student, Nicola Knight won prestigious prizes for his work at both the LSE and University of Michigan. Before coming to Oxford he held visiting positions at the Institut Jean Nicod, Paris (CNRS-EHESS-ENS) and at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science and the Department of Anthropology (LSE).

Dr Knight published numerous influential journal articles, some co-authored with Scott Atran, Justin Barrett, Brian Malley, Dick Nisbett, and Paulo Sousa. Highly original work was in production at the time of his passing. Most distressingly for his closest colleagues in Oxford, Dr Knight's greatest contributions were yet to come. In the weeks before he died, he was working closely with colleagues in the preparation of several research projects and papers, as well as planning a major grant application that promised to deliver ground-breaking social science research. He was excitedly preparing for the Cognition, Religion, and Theology project workshop this summer in which he was to instruct humanities scholars in skills and methods for rigorous quantitative research, one of his intellectual passions. Dr Knight was a modest man, quietly spoken and understated. But those who knew him well realized that he was uniquely capable of helping us to improve the way we think about complex socio-cultural phenomena.

Dr Knight summarized his research interests in the following way:

• Cognitive science of normativity. How do humans think about permissible and impermissible acts? What classes of impermissible acts are there, and what distinguishes them? What is the role of justification in normative judgment?

• Cognitive science of religion. What are the cognitive bases of religion? How do children perceive other minds? What is the role of cultural knowledge in shaping this perception? Are animal and super-natural minds special, from a child’s point of view?

• The methodology and epistemology of anthropology. Do cognitive biases affect the way that anthropologists construct and present their evidence? Why have some big questions about culture remained unanswered, and what role could psychology play in settling them? How do anthropologists structure and produce evidence for their research questions, and how does their approach differ from that of other human scientists?

As a teacher, Dr Knight was held in great esteem by his students who, before his untimely death, nominated him to receive an excellence award for his lectures on quantitative methods and statistical analysis. Fourteen unsolicited nominations praised him for the depth of his knowledge of the use of quantitative methods in anthropology and the care with which his teaching was planned and prepared. His enthusiasm for the subject and his engaging and humorous delivery held the attention of his students. He made otherwise dry and difficult topics understandable and relevant through the use of illuminating practical examples. Above all, he cared about the progress of each student, encouraging questions and offering support outside of his lectures. As one of his students recalled, Dr Knight declared: ‘there is no such thing as a stupid question in my classes.’

Nicola Knight was committed to bridging social anthropology and the cognitive sciences, both intellectually and institutionally. On the evening of his passing, he organized a basketball game with colleagues across the School of Anthropology in Oxford. Shortly after the game ended he died of a heart attack, on the evening of 9 June 2009, at the age of 33. He will be sorely and achingly missed by his colleagues and friends in Oxford.

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https://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/latest/news/article/date/2009/06/obituary-dr-nicola-knight/
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[Dr. DaveJPS]

i think Mr. elston gunn it would have been better if you'd made this as 3 distinct posts

1/ announcing a member on here has died
2/ details of your study and the link
3/ the section about biking holiday's should have been a totally separate post.

anyway i hope your soft science study goes well.
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