Carlin’s last interview 20 Jun 2009 I’m a Macintosh a guy and so Spotlight helps me a lot. I just get on Spotlight and say, let’s see, if I say “asshole” and “minister,” I then can find what I want find. I knew I liked that guy… read the rest here. Humor
Humor Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality 22 Aug 2010 Link Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter… I enjoy the hell out of this series of fanfic. I want to read the entire seven volumes. Now! The premise is that Harry is actually rational and skeptical. Read More
Humor Darwinian gardening 2 Jan 2008 For some time now I have told anyone who didn’t get away fast enough that I am a Darwinian Gardener: any plant that survives my total lack of care deserves to be there until it gets in my way. After the fact, I justify it that I am letting native… Read More
Book On rules 1 Jun 2009 My friend and colleague William Grey gave me a copy of F. M. Cornford’s Microcosmographia Academica, in which I read this passage which is so apposite to the modern day: The principle of Discipline (including Religion) is that ‘there must be some rules‘. If you inquire the reason, you will… Read More
I must confess I’ve never heard of him before. Wonderful interview though and still going strong in what is a highly demanding job at 70. That’s love and dedication to you’re art.
Yes, thank you for posting this article. However, am I the only one who noticed how badly written this article is? Even the the excerpt you quoted (correctly) is badly written. Ironically, Jay Dixit says that Carlin said ” a rich area for my work [is] talking about how we talk. I wonder how Carlin would have felt about the expression “passed away “? I suspect Carlin would have used “died.”
I have the same problem Veronica with dyslexia. Many people do indeed view such things as a sign of stupidity and ignorance. I don’t know if the editor of psychology today is dyslexic but you seem to be suggesting it would be unacceptable if they were.
I’m having trouble deciphering your cryptic reply above. Do you mean that because the article is “a rough transcription of a verbal interview,” leaving out verbs and prepositions and spelling altar as “alter” is acceptable. Is this an acceptable way for “a Senior Editor at Psychology Today” to write? It appears as if Dixit is the “a ninth-grade dropout,” not Carlin.
Veronica, it’s an online rough draft – they guy even says so. If I saw it in that format in a publication I’d expect it to be polished, but I make worse typos (and surreptitiously correct them over subsequent days) on this blog all the time.
With all the interesting stuff said by Carlin what difference does it make that the interviewer isn’t writing perfect English? What’s more important, how the questions are written or the answers given?