tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3853053733666931151..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Looking for God Between the Syntactical Trees and the Semantic ForestGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21385244672438362522015-03-30T08:36:48.025-07:002015-03-30T08:36:48.025-07:00No time for a post this morning...No time for a post this morning...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86491335726891228772015-03-29T09:39:23.961-07:002015-03-29T09:39:23.961-07:00Mmmmm... cornbread...Mmmmm... cornbread...Homernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23073401905100713282015-03-29T09:30:28.551-07:002015-03-29T09:30:28.551-07:00Or as Jethro Bodine once said, "pie are round...Or as Jethro Bodine once said, "pie are round, cornbread are square."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90702704615065192022015-03-29T09:21:04.689-07:002015-03-29T09:21:04.689-07:00Cool! Thanks, Van.Cool! Thanks, Van.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47475674898774537612015-03-29T09:18:39.067-07:002015-03-29T09:18:39.067-07:00... and giving new meaning to Pi Wholes, check ou...... and giving new meaning to Pi Wholes, check out this image of <a href="http://i.imgur.com/LxfZMhZ.jpg" rel="nofollow">Pi graphed out to the 10,000th digit</a>. Kinda cool. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29867546857306114882015-03-29T08:55:09.758-07:002015-03-29T08:55:09.758-07:00"As we've discussed before, postmodernist..."As we've discussed before, postmodernists completely misunderstand this to mean that there is no possibility of real meaning, but Gödel's whole point -- at least according to Goldstein -- is that there are truths that cannot be proved logically. He didn't intend to abolish truth but preserve it."<br /><br />It's the same with their habitual ritual of ignoring Aristotle's first rule of logic and syllogism, that before you commence to dazzle us with your 'If this, then that's, your premises must first be true, or it is all meaningless. Of course as Meaninglessness is their goal to begin with, their deconstruction must be sure to be begun without that. Best just to huddle down within their fears, and revel in what they'd like them to be. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72142719137213154842015-03-28T13:43:20.658-07:002015-03-28T13:43:20.658-07:00Ha ha! IRT that Powerline link, it's obvious t...Ha ha! IRT that Powerline link, it's obvious those perfessers are a bunch of losers tryin' to appear smarter than they really are.<br />I wonder how long it took them to make up all that BS.<br /><br />Incidently, Paul has a better sense of humor than I imagined.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41998533646922761022015-03-28T07:27:49.173-07:002015-03-28T07:27:49.173-07:00That's just sad.
In my experience, the vast,...That's just sad. <br /><br />In my experience, the vast, vast majority of music teachers are (well, were in generations past) as respectable as the average STEM professor. Playing music well requires that one be in touch with the reality of how it sounds. But, being also an art, I guess it can't forever remain immune from the ugly and stupefying effects of the social justice movement.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36693064930591241302015-03-28T07:16:54.808-07:002015-03-28T07:16:54.808-07:00A music prof whose work "grapples with music ...A music prof whose work "grapples with music disability and social justice in the 21st century."<br /><br />Easy: give the musically disabled jobs as music professors. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57878222110805668352015-03-28T07:11:58.851-07:002015-03-28T07:11:58.851-07:00A geography prof who "seek[s] to interrogate ...A geography prof who "seek[s] to interrogate the question of health: What it is; who it’s for, and who decides?” <br /><br />Everyone knows geography professors don't decide what health is; rather, community organizers.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84876002993777813352015-03-28T07:05:36.049-07:002015-03-28T07:05:36.049-07:00That sentence sounds like it was put out by a post...That sentence sounds like it was put out by a postmodern bullshit random generator. But that's true of everything they write.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79445573999173577642015-03-28T06:45:50.487-07:002015-03-28T06:45:50.487-07:00"I Am the Walrus" becomes an example of ..."I Am the Walrus" becomes an example of utter lucidity compared to <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/03/meet-dartmouths-new-radical-professors.php" rel="nofollow">this</a>:<br /><br />"How is queer intellectual design an intrinsic part of transnational knowledge production in the cultural sphere?"juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79123769728032221982015-03-28T02:27:57.974-07:002015-03-28T02:27:57.974-07:00So instead of 'shut yer pi hole' it should...So instead of 'shut yer pi hole' it should be 'open yer pi whole.'Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60835529536302703862015-03-28T02:25:58.347-07:002015-03-28T02:25:58.347-07:00"Yesterday, out of the blue, my son surprised..."Yesterday, out of the blue, my son surprised me by reeling off pi to eight or ten decimals. What does it mean that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is a deeply irrational number that goes on forever? The circle has always been considered the "perfect" form, so it was troubling to the ancients that pi brooded so menacingly over them."<br /><br />You don't hafta fully understand pi to enjoy it. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8240250420747575052015-03-27T16:08:16.433-07:002015-03-27T16:08:16.433-07:00pi is Trinitarian. You have the big 3 on one side...pi is Trinitarian. You have the big 3 on one side and then an infinite number of us on the other side of the decimal point. <br /><br />Well, sorta.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76772490952097130562015-03-27T10:39:29.938-07:002015-03-27T10:39:29.938-07:00Using the Beatles for nursery rhymes. The first t...Using the Beatles for nursery rhymes. The first time I sang <br />"Yellow Submarine" to my granddaughter she joined right in. She already knew it. My wife sang it to our daughter, who sang it to her daughter. <br /><br />Traditional nursery rhymes are sometimes a good example of what you're talking about, too. The pictures they conjure up for a child probably have very little to do with their origins and original meanings.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54514043875260159462015-03-27T10:25:34.003-07:002015-03-27T10:25:34.003-07:00Good point; I've always been too thrown off tr...Good point; I've always been too thrown off track by the refrain to try and consider what any of it means. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36021059288774672642015-03-27T10:13:10.862-07:002015-03-27T10:13:10.862-07:00Very trinitarian: I am he as you are he as you ar...Very trinitarian: <i>I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together</i>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74825472431601545162015-03-27T10:09:05.412-07:002015-03-27T10:09:05.412-07:00Yes, exactly. Probably why my kids like Jude, but ...Yes, exactly. Probably why my kids like Jude, but aren't fans of the Walrus. The first clearly means something, even if they don't understand, while the second just turns into nightmare fuel.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8882690821539867892015-03-27T10:05:19.147-07:002015-03-27T10:05:19.147-07:00That happened with Hey Jude. McCartney had compos...<br />That happened with Hey Jude. McCartney had composed a "dummy lyric," <i>the movement you need is on your shoulder</i>. When he wanted to change it into a real lyric, Lennon said "don't you dare -- it's perfect!" Whatever it's supposed to mean.<br /><br />The lyrics to I Am the Walrus are perfect nonsense.<br /><br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16697736993053433602015-03-27T10:01:30.996-07:002015-03-27T10:01:30.996-07:00Probably wise.
I was just reading an article the ...Probably wise.<br /><br />I was just reading an article the other day about popular songs that don't mean what people think they mean. I would submit that in many cases, even if the artist himself doesn't know what he's saying or claims that it's meaningless, he may well be wrong...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56545610808748582802015-03-27T09:58:32.867-07:002015-03-27T09:58:32.867-07:00In other words, there are times even I don't k...In other words, there are times even I don't know what I mean, but another part of me tells me I do, so I leave it be...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25021349531607306622015-03-27T09:57:49.452-07:002015-03-27T09:57:49.452-07:00I remember that one. Sometimes it is necessary to...I remember that one. Sometimes it is necessary to write beyond oneself in order to stop making sense and get out of the dictionary world. I suppose that's the whole point of poetry....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43427642807967967922015-03-27T09:51:48.934-07:002015-03-27T09:51:48.934-07:00If you were to deploy the Hubbard Method to decons...<i>If you were to deploy the Hubbard Method to deconstruct the sentence, you'd be left with the impression that inanimate buildings are subject to moods and intimidating gestures.</i><br /><br />Yesterday's post about sensation reminded me of a concept you haven't used in a while, but explicated it far better in my brain for some reason: "the terminal moraine of the senses." <br /><br />Way back when, it was one of those things that I understood initially, then for some reason it slipped my grasp, so I decided to try making sure I still understood what "terminal moraine" meant. Thus, I came up with something like "[the pile of rocks at the snout of a glacier] at the end of the senses. The Hubbard method )though I didn't realize that was what I was doing) is worse than useless for understanding even concrete ideas. For abstract ones, it pretty much just implodes thought.<br /><br />Funny experience, though.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com