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Hi Morgan, this actually happens quite a bit to SIMS students that try and make inroads in our (Berkeley) soc. and psych. departments. They seem to have a special uninterest in technological applications of soc. theories. Yuri and I had problems with this with our blogging work. They don't care about technological application unless it tells them something entirely new about sociological theory. I'd encourage you to talk to Yuri and to Coye Cheshire to debug this and would specifically recommend that you not take those comments as much to heart as you may have (unless you plan on publishing in a soc. journal!).