tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post1976150107235513629..comments2023-10-15T08:40:12.715-05:00Comments on Interdisciplinary World: Some Thoughts on FloridaTroy Camplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-13864673400177777032008-02-04T03:03:00.000-06:002008-02-04T03:03:00.000-06:00It's like something I wrote recently myself. The p...It's like something I wrote recently myself. The primary elections are a popularity contest, and it is the press that creates the popularity. Who wins has little to do with the candidate's problem solving abilities or any of the real issues. It's a vicious circle, which you describe very well.RevJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197393011402035296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-83070846133353115642008-01-31T21:48:00.000-06:002008-01-31T21:48:00.000-06:00Exactly. Even Churchill called off the bombing of ...Exactly. Even Churchill called off the bombing of Dresden, saying, "All we're doing now is moving the rubble around." I've seen the effects of postmodernism in higher education firsthand at UTA, and was appalled. We were really masked from it at UTD.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing watching Melina. For the longest time, all she would do it take objects out of containers and throw them around. But recently, she has been putting things back if they're out, and she is careful when she flips through her books. At 13 months Melina is more intellectually mature than most postmodernists!Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-54931431260902359472008-01-31T18:54:00.000-06:002008-01-31T18:54:00.000-06:00You know, I had a great realization today: Post Mo...You know, I had a great realization today: Post Modernism is nothing other than nihilism ad nauseum. I mean, isn't it nothing more than the continual deconstruction of every system that offers any assertion (thereby becoming an authority)? And really, you just end up with nothing... Infants can break toys, too...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh "When Nietzsche wept" !<BR/><BR/>I realize that has little to do with your post other than you say "post modernists," but I took it as the opportunity to share.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com