If I was fresh off defending my buddy (Jeffrey Epstein) who is an accused and (partially) admitted consumer of underage prostitution, as well as the entitlement of powerful men to treat young women as human accessories without criticism, my upcoming interviews would vanish into thin air, because I would now be widely known as “icky”.
But, I’m a scientist at the start of their career, not Lawrence Krauss; and my upcoming interviews are with high school chemistry classes not Science Friday.
I occasionally dream of artists covering songs that have not yet happened – like Scott Weiland on “Rocket Man”. What I did not realize before was how much I wanted, nay, needed a folk version of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme song:
I don’t think Daniel Arsham means the same thing when he says “Snarkitecture“*, but it looks interesting.
*In fairness, Arsham got there first. Snarkitecture was founded in 2008.
…by Marc Maron (see WTF Podcast Episode 161 – Joe Rogan).
What does it mean that “its ironic”?. . .Is that your excuse for not committing to your emotional reaction to it? Is an ironic disposition another form of cowardice?. . .in some situations, if you think you have ironic detachment, you are more depraved. . .because you are disingenuous, you are dishonest, your ironic detachment makes you half a person, makes you lack a self, makes you a coward. . .
-Marc Maron (transcription and, therefore, any errors are mine)
io9 just highlighted a study about why friends fight. I’m thinking that the quote they pulled out that might cause some fights on its own. From the study’s press release:
This included a list of “triggers”-descriptions of behaviors that someone might find annoying. One example was the word “skepticism” which was described as when someone is overly disbelieving of information that he/she receives, when he/she questions things that are generally accepted, or when he/she is very hard to convince of something.
I think I know some folks in the Worldwide Skeptical Movement that will disagree vehemently with this definition. Thus highlighting the branding issues associated with picking a name historically replete with negative connotations. Still, “Brights” was worse.
snarkitecht (snar-ke-tekt), n, a master of the subtle use of snark to make an argument or undercut an opponent’s argument. Contrasts with typical inelegant and counter-productive use of snark, especially amongst bloggers.
The Finch and Pea 