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On May 9, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I was observed by someone that most of what is written isn't worth reading. > If that is so, then it probably follows that 99.999 % of what is > twittered, facebooked, and blogged isn't worth noting either. > > One couldn't be twitterjacked, faceviolated, and bloggjammed if one > didn't have such accounts. > Perhaps it's time for all right thinking people to eschew such melodrama :-) > > --Mike > > > > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you don't know who Jurgen Habermas is, then you've >> got some learning to do. Honestly, when I have been exposed >> to Habermas in classes I took long ago, the context did not >> engender a receptive attitude toward him. But it seems that >> there are number of ideas that he has that may be useful to >> us as a global society. But I digress. >> >> First, I don't know how many Tipsters have Twitter accounts >> but I wonder how many have been "twitterjacked", that is, >> learn that there is a twitter account the claims to be yours >> when in fact it is someone else. Habermas was twitterjacked >> with tweets containing quotes from his writings. Turns out >> the fake twitter account was set-up by a Brazilian Ph.D. >> student studying politics in the US. The student has not >> provided his real name or where he is studying (his Ph.D. >> program might take a serious interest is such activities -- >> what kind of ethical breech is it to make believe you're some >> you're not on the internet? What Would The APA Say and Do?) >> >> Anyway, an interesting article in the Financial Times highlights >> the twitterjacking as well as interviews Habermas, putting >> some of his ideas into historical and contemporary context; see: >> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eda3bcd8-5327-11df-813e-00144feab49a.html >> >> Regarding psychological content, Habermas was a student of >> Theodor Adorno of Authoritarian Personality fame (and an example >> of the importance of having your last name start with an "A"), >> about whom Habermas has a few things to say. >> >> I came across this article because I was looking for material on >> Martin Heidegger (about whom Habermas has few kind words >> to say), who is the subject of a couple of books reviewed in >> today's Sunday NY Time book review; see: >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/books/review/Kirsch-t.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateema1&pagewanted=all >> >> Heidegger, a rehabilitated Nazi, is somewhat in vogue in cognitive >> science and artificial intelligence, in part for his ideas on >> intentionality;see: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentionality >> and >> http://www.jstor.org/pss/2108053 >> and, perhaps of greatest interest to psychologists because it provides >> a perspective on the development of cognitive science in the second >> half of the 20th century, is this paper by Hubert Dreyfus on >> Heidegger and Heideggerian AI: >> http://leidlmair.at/doc/WhyHeideggerianAIFailed.pdf >> >> The books reviewed in the NY Times focus on Heidegger's >> Nazi activities and the extent to which his philosophical >> viewpoint was used to support a Nazi ideology. Given >> the influence Heidegger has had on cognitive science, either >> directly or indirectly (Dreyfus points out how Heidegger's >> concerns are manifested in various theories and research >> programs even though Heidegger is not cited), is there a >> problem in using Heidegger's writing and ideas? How much >> should one emphasize his Nazi past? Or should we just >> ignore the whole situation and do our work or twitterjack >> account of famous psychologists (is Skinner tweeting these >> days?). >> >> Oh, Happy Mother's Day, y'all! >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=2544 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-2544-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=2545 > or send a blank email to > leave-2545-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2547 or send a blank email to leave-2547-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
