Wednesday February 28th

*Aybala50 made a great recreation of the 2-axes graph we made in lecture. I will not include one in my notes, hers is an excellent representation.

Anne:

Today's panel is composed of Historical figures. 

Wednesday's panel will be composed of Imaginary figures.

Primary question: whether or not gender science and technology look any different in the context of imagination.

Papers:

Think about the life in the context of one of the authors we've just read. 

reminder that we have 4 deadlines for these papers, we only have to do 3 of them

This Monty Python sketch depicting Philosophers playing soccer is a nice demonstration of Dennett's contention that "... Philosophers have been content to ignore the practical problems of real-time decision making..." (p. 496) It's a favorite of mine. Enjoy!  http://www.spike.com/video-clips/cs1vwr/monty-python-the-16-ton-megaset-philosophers-soccer

On Thursday in our discussion group we talked about the idea of the Library of Babel. Most of the group seemed to hate the idea that they couldn't be creative because every possibility already exists. I don't have a problem with this notion. Should I find myself a failure because I can not defy the laws of physics? Of course not. The Library of Babel analogy is saying that given laws of the universe, here are the infinite options available. Why should I want to go beyond infinity when my life is so short and there is plenty we need to discover before our world becomes boring?