Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Erwin Puts wrote: > > > The current French philosophers are masters in the art of naive > > nonsensical discourse based on hardly or falsely understood modern > > science. Read the book by Socal and Bricmont. > > While you're bashing current continental philosophy with the > grand strokes of > casual generalization and recommending Impostures > Intellectuelles, you might want > to note that the NYU physicist who coauthored the book and > wrote the article in > Social Text which inspired it is Alan Sokal, spelled with a > 'k' not a 'c'. > > Best, > > Aaron DR. BLACKTAPE IS FORCED TO JUMP IN WITH BOTH LEFT FEET... ...1. This is a photography list, not a philosophy list; ...2. This is a photography list, not a spelling list; ...3. It is EXTREMELY tacky to chastise someone whose first language is NOT English for their English spelling; ...4. While I know Erwin needs no defending, given the astounding volume of truly worthwhile accurate information he provides the LUG about the perported subject of this list, I for one don't much care what he misspells when wandering off topic. Now, back to Pharma PR...