Comments on: The Awesomeness of the UCSC Science Department: A Deserved Comeuppance For My Days As A Lit Theory Douchebag http://isgreaterthan.net/2007/04/27/the-awesomeness-of-the-ucsc-science-department-a-deserved-comeuppance-for-my-days-as-a-lit-theory-douchebag/ An eclectic journal exploring the intersections of culture and politics, art and the free market, technology and science Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 By: <![CDATA[Blaize]]> http://isgreaterthan.net/2007/04/27/the-awesomeness-of-the-ucsc-science-department-a-deserved-comeuppance-for-my-days-as-a-lit-theory-douchebag/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:12:00 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=174#comment-124 Oh, and how do you know I deserve the praise from the Good Times? Have you been on one of my tours? They're dead boring. Oh, and how do you know I deserve the praise from the Good Times? Have you been on one of my tours? They’re dead boring.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Blaize]]> http://isgreaterthan.net/2007/04/27/the-awesomeness-of-the-ucsc-science-department-a-deserved-comeuppance-for-my-days-as-a-lit-theory-douchebag/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:49:00 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=174#comment-123 Thanks, Paul. You saw the print edition? I have never seen such an ENORMOUS picture of anyone I actually know. And it was of me! Good thing I wore cute socks.<br/><br/>And, if I was one of the "good" ones, it's probably because I have science teacher parents and, by the time I was your "teacher," had a far less snobbish attitude about LIT-RITURE than some.<br/><br/>I don't know what Baudrillard has on Silicon Valley. I can look around....<br/><br/>Oh, and you were one of the "good" ones, too. Also, straw men are excellent, because they BURN IN EFFIGY so well. Thanks, Paul. You saw the print edition? I have never seen such an ENORMOUS picture of anyone I actually know. And it was of me! Good thing I wore cute socks.

And, if I was one of the “good” ones, it’s probably because I have science teacher parents and, by the time I was your “teacher,” had a far less snobbish attitude about LIT-RITURE than some.

I don’t know what Baudrillard has on Silicon Valley. I can look around….

Oh, and you were one of the “good” ones, too. Also, straw men are excellent, because they BURN IN EFFIGY so well.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Paul M. Davis]]> http://isgreaterthan.net/2007/04/27/the-awesomeness-of-the-ucsc-science-department-a-deserved-comeuppance-for-my-days-as-a-lit-theory-douchebag/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:31:00 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=174#comment-122 Yeah, but you were one of the handful of "good" ones, Blaize. And I'm not denying that I developed a number of useful analytical tools with which to examine culture and media from all the lit crit "crap"--but hey, can't deny the rhetorical need for having a straw man, right?<br/><br/>That Baudrillard essay is spot-on. Does he have more writings about the Silicon Valley?<br/><br/>BTW, congrats on the props in this week's Good Times. It's much deserved! Yeah, but you were one of the handful of “good” ones, Blaize. And I’m not denying that I developed a number of useful analytical tools with which to examine culture and media from all the lit crit “crap” — but hey, can’t deny the rhetorical need for having a straw man, right?

That Baudrillard essay is spot-on. Does he have more writings about the Silicon Valley?

BTW, congrats on the props in this week’s Good Times. It’s much deserved!

]]> By: <![CDATA[Blaize]]> http://isgreaterthan.net/2007/04/27/the-awesomeness-of-the-ucsc-science-department-a-deserved-comeuppance-for-my-days-as-a-lit-theory-douchebag/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:35:00 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=174#comment-121 Yeah. Well. Since, in my own "special" way, I taught you some of that lit. crit. crap, I hang my head in a kind of shame. Yet, still, Baudrillard's description of UCSC (http://bnoble.googlepages.com/baudrillard.html) strikes me as something worthwhile. Yeah. Well. Since, in my own “special” way, I taught you some of that lit. crit. crap, I hang my head in a kind of shame. Yet, still, Baudrillard’s description of UCSC (http://bnoble.googlepages.com/baudrillard.html) strikes me as something worthwhile.

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