Monthly Archives: June 2012

“Spirituality,” Consciousness-Science, & New Atheism (Sam Harris)

Posted on June 30, 2012 by zjb

  Sam Harris, one of the leading new atheists must have hit his head on something at his blog. Or to shift metaphor only slightly, Harris has gone out on a big limb here. His protestations notwithstanding, all this talk … Continue reading →

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Lesbians (“Keep Your Wives Away From Them”)

Posted on June 28, 2012 by zjb

Finished a couple weeks ago Miryam Kabakov’s edited anthology, Keep your Wives Away From Them: Orhtodox Women and Unorthodox Desires). For my purposes here, I’d like to read it against contemporary Jewish philosophy, which in my more churlish moments, I tend … Continue reading →

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Plexiglass Watertower (Brooklyn)

Posted on June 28, 2012 by zjb

(Tom Fruin Watertower, salvaged plexiglass and steel) Spotted this brighly bejeweled “watertower” by accident the other day in DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn (Down Under the Mahattan Bridge Overpass). Most of the website and blogsite postings for this work includes pictures … Continue reading →

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Again After Weimar German Philosophy (One More Try)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by zjb

So I got raked over the coals by a stranger at Facebook. I had it coming. She found my excoriation of the Weimar and post-Weimar gang of fellows “childish.” She has a point. It would be a terrible waste, anti-intellectual, and … Continue reading →

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Old Stone House (Simulacrum)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by zjb

I like flags and historical simulacra, including this landmark in what used to be the Brooklyn countryside. This replica of the old Dutch farmhouse in at the border of Park Slope and Gowanus. (I’m pretty sure this is a reconstruction). … Continue reading →

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Old Media & New Media (Higher Ed & Big Technology)

Posted on June 26, 2012 by zjb

At some point students and their parents will have to realize that they are getting ripped off. And it’s not by us, the hapless professoriate. Take for instance the recent article in the NYT about virtual models of higher education. The … Continue reading →

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Judaism & Science Conference (Arizona State)

Posted on June 26, 2012 by zjb

The fifth annual meeting of the Judaism, Science and Medicine Group will be held on September 9-10 at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.  The meeting will begin at noon on Sunday, September 9 and end by 3:00 pm Monday … Continue reading →

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One World Trade Center (Contemporary Capitalism)

Posted on June 26, 2012 by zjb

Capitalism picks itself up. Not a bad looking building, this behemoth with tapering, triangular forms. I like this view which I took from the car waiting in traffic from street level. I think the big red color of the traffic … Continue reading →

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