In today’s column for the New York Times, conservative pundit David Brooks muses about the education divide in the Democratic party’s nomination battle. His argument, in a nutshell, is that America is itself dividing along a new fracture, and the old class wars are just a distraction. The new REAL problem Americans face these days, is the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
The Unbearable Lightness of Taxonomy and Perception
Posted in "Observations", What I know, tagged "Science", consciousness studies, knowledge, phallic symbols, science and art, taxonomy on April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Random Observations April 23, 2008
“The Unbearable Lightness of Taxonomy and Perception”
Mix art with science, and the “pocket rocket” phallic symbol takes on a whole new metaphorical meaning. See: http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/space/gravity.html
Can a news cycle draw everything we know into its own black hole before the CERN collider even gets a shot? See: “Asking the Judge [...]
You have Your Rights, I have Mine
Posted in "Observations", What I know, tagged animal rights, environment, green, human rights, What I know on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Random Observations, April 18, 2008
“You have your Rights, I have Mine”
The whale hunt is over. All cynical “Scientific Research” subterfuge aside, if they hunted traditionally, without the benefit of sonar, radar and satellite imagery, if they hunted with wood or bone harpoons thrown from traditional dugout boats, I might be a bit more sympathetic to [...]
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Posted in "Observations", What I know, tagged "Politics", environment, What I know, world on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Random Observations: April 14, 2008
“A Spring Aesthetic”
The new Exxon Mobil ads are just way too beautiful for an evil empire http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/news_ad_masters_eraser60.aspx
Many biologists got the whole “gender/sex/competition” thing wrong http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Tatianas-Sex-Advice-Creation/dp/B0013TMNIY/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208193439&sr=8-1
When the weather changes, witches burn http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/your-comments-on-climate-and-witches/
Even foxes are dreaming about life in the city http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/news/1161/
Have you ever watched a television ad and wondered: what trick of [...]
