Comments on: Giggling Uncontrollably

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sysrick.com » links for 2008-06-20 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:32:44 +0000

[…] Giggling Uncontrollably […]

By: Ray Saunders

Ray Saunders — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:47:27 +0000

No, this is cultural relativism. And that’s using the term ‘culture’ loosely.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:15:08 +0000

#7/Sean - You did Coast to Coast AM?? There’s a badge of … something.
(You should provide a link when you say something like that. We who serve deserve immediate gratification of our morbid curiosity.)

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:35:32 +0000

I don’t mind Coast to Coast AM — it’s mostly harmless, and explictly serves conspiracy theorists and UFOlogists, so if I can bring a little hard science to that crowd, I’m happy. (Although when my wife Jennifer appeared on the show, who is a female science journalist rather than a male scientist, she was treated with a lot less respect, which tells you something.)

What I mind is when we can’t tell the difference between Coast to Coast AM and CNN.

By: Lawrence B. Crowell

Lawrence B. Crowell — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:10:39 +0000

This is in line with the media in general. The controversy over the “evolution wars” is presented as some sort of real scientific debate. As Ben Stein was mentioned, he promotes the idea there is a conspiracy to keep creation out of biology departments. If the media is not doing this then it focuses in on the foibles of celebrities or the latest winner of “American Idol.”

Lawrence B. Crowell

By: luc

luc — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:51:29 +0000

Sean, is that how you felt after you did Coast to Coast AM?

By: JCF

JCF — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:02:47 +0000

Isn’t this what’s called cultural relativism?

By: effay

effay — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:20:56 +0000

But you left out the best part: he got to debate the economy with the esteemed Ben Stein! Did you hear his comment about there not being a licensing requirement for people to call themselves economists, so you could always find someone who would disagree with you even though you are so obviously right (you=Krugman)? I’m not sure if that was a wry swipe at Stein or not, but I got a crack out of it anyhow.

By: change

change — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:19:51 +0000

RIP Tim Russert.

The comment up top about Larry King and “psychic kids” caught my eye because I noticed the promo on CNN and thought “what the fuck.” Have CNN gone tabloid?

I think the Fox effect has been forcing them to reinvent. It’s just that they don’t know exactly how to pull that off. CNN “with attitude” still hasn’t really taken hold, even with Anderson Cooper doing his coolest best.

By: MonkeyFeet

MonkeyFeet — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:37:21 +0000

Tim Russert died today…very sad