Monthly Archives: October 2002

Sokal Karma

Many in the hard sciences hold Sokal’s farce far too seriously, as undermining the scholarship of cultural theorists. I think there is a point to taking some of the air out of the sometimes very badly written academic work in cultural studies, but I have always argued that all academic fields could be similarly punctured. [...]
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“Feeling much better, really…”

While many scientists consider this a bit wacky, if it turns out they are right, it will make this seem a bit less wacky. Did you know this was the real origin of “saved by the bell”? Makes the eponymous TV show a bit morbid, no? Enjoy your Samhain. Bring out your dead.
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Pierre Levy goes to Canada

Pierre Levy has taken a chair at the University of Ottowa, where he will press on with his study of “collective intelligence.” He “says”:http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3244==–==296107-,00.html : Mon ambition est de creer un nouveau champ scientifique dans l’etude de la cooperation intellectuelle. L’intelligence collective est une approche de la societe qui considere les groupes humains (une entreprise, une [...]
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Elitism and Democracy

Bush doesn’t like “elites, these kind of professor types that love to read their names in the newspaper.” I’ve been thinking a bit about elitism, and I have to admit it’s slowing growing on me. Mind you, this is coming from a long-held position that students should have the power in a university, and that people [...]
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Supporting GPL Development

So, while the “New Democrats” are arguing that we should not support the development of GPL software with public money, the French are moving in to fill the void, and have supported the development of a new Mandrake cluster. Good for them, and for their French investors. Wonder if we have resolved to play defense [...]
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Ew.

Er… Euh. Makes your eyes itch.
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NYT Anti-War Ad

Those responsible for the web petition for faculty opposed to rushing into war with Iraq have published a full-page ad (pdf) in today’s New York Times.
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