Identity Crisis
To be continued...
Credo ut intelligam
It is difficult to describe the crisis I have been living through these past several weeks. The drawing by my office door Short version : Don’t call out the Devil if you aren’t ready to bout . Alternative short version : “Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” —1 Corinthians 1:20 There has been much bitterness. There have been feelings of betrayal. There have been feelings of being lied to while watching people whom I thought were my supporters fall away. Friends warn me about overreacting. At which I overreact. “Academic freedom means nothing if the faculty do not stand up for it.” I believed that. Someone whom I have trusted my entire academic career told me that. I still believe it—but do my colleagues? “Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from insanity.” I heard someone say that recently on his livestream. Someone whom my friends tell me I s...
To quote a great environmental activist, Do Trees Have Standing? Do inanimate objects have rights, unto themselves, independent of their makers or owners? I think, yes! But how to define and protect these rights? Maybe Fencing Bear can bring a lawsuit...
ReplyDeleteP.S.--I really wouldn't worry too much about copyright infringement, despit what Neal says. Just invoke "creative adaptation" of the original.