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Rules Of The Game #16: Vaccine Protects Against New Ideas

Sep 20, 2007 13:16

For some reason (there are glitches in the software) my column this week first went up without the final three paragraphs, making the title unintelligible. But it's fixed now.

The Rules Of The Game #16: Vaccine Protects Against New IdeasMy thoughts didn't quite coalesce this week, though as Jack Thompson once pointed out I can't do a "Hero Story" ( Read more... )

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where is the wider world? speakerstress September 24 2007, 04:45:46 UTC

"but more important how do we bring our minds to the stories the wider world could tell us, if we knew where to look and what to ask ( ... )

Re: where is the wider world? koganbot September 24 2007, 17:21:15 UTC

I get the feeling that mooxyjoo and byebyepride have a vision of philosophy as Socrates and Plato asking questions without necessarily coming to conclusions (as opposed to being Platonists).

the Britney problem speakerstress September 24 2007, 04:56:04 UTC

Tired, I was surfing the TV yesterday, and ran across this Alabama vs. Georgia college football game. I don't care ab either school and don't follow college football very closely but I can zone out to almost any competative sports, the game was really close, and there were only a couple minutes to go. So, I'm watching, and I swear on my record collection, out of the blue, the announcer asks, "What's happened to Britney's career?" So confused by the question was the analyst that he could only reply, "What?" And then, weakly, "Is she a football fan?" "I'm sure she is," asserted the announcer. So it seems concern for Britney is everywhere.

Vulnerable to suggestion katstevens September 26 2007, 22:05:40 UTC

I don't read press music reviews (gigs, albums, whatever), as a general rule. This is mainly due to not reading music magazines or newspapers very often! But even I do read a paper with a 'reviews' section I skip past them UNLESS I've already heard the album/band/whatever and have formed my opinion. I suppose then it's mainly to see if the reviewer agrees with me ( ... )