Interdisciplinarity never works 18 Jun 2010 Wait until the psych students convince the physics students that they are just hallucinating their pendulums. The the philosophy students will show them all that it’s just a matter of an error in language and they can all go about getting on with their oof!… where did that come from? Education Humor Metaphysics Philosophy Science Philosophy
Humor Questions for the Cephalod Emperor 17 Mar 2010 I am seeing He Who Must Not Be Named, Emperor of Sushi, Advisor to the Old Ones, also known variously as PZombie, McGurgle, or My Hairs, on Friday and Saturday in a cultural black hole known as Canberra. No style ever escapes from Canberra, except as evaporative heat. Still, I… Read More
Education *Real* doctor?! 14 Apr 2010 Real doctor!? You just keep on thinking that mate. I took the equivalent of 11 years to get my doctorate… Yeah, I know you can prescribe drugs! But can you understand Kant? Read More
Administrative The "who" thread 8 Jul 2010 I am, as they say in The Home Country, gobsmacked. I expected that I would have a few geeks (I’m a Geek! Say it Loud!) who read me because I was sort of interesting. Instead I find Phuds, scientists, philosophers and just plain interesting people. If one is judged by… Read More
But, you know, those interdisciplinary literary critics who go on and on about theory of mind deserve to bopped in the head by a pendulum. And, come to think of it, let’s make that a Foucault pendulum. Call it Michel’s Revenge. Whap!
Inopportune invocations of M. Foucault are considered an act of war (and rather tacky) in most English literature seminars, you know (:
OMG. I was in a an institute retreat this week. We were talked at by a couple of sociologists. I think one of them should do a study of academic communication, and explain why they speak in such general terms, and why this annoys scientists so. In fairness, I was in a stats conference in Norway at the start of the week. I had a *ducks* fascinating chat on the train about creating random fields that were Markov, and *ducks* which even worked on manifolds. *ducks* thud Owwww. Physics is not as deterministic as they told us.