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An Interesting Type: People who write their own Wikipedia pages
On a relatively routine basis, the scientific editors of Selecting Stones like to discuss the culture of academia, the place in society where undeserved self-importance abounds perhaps more than anywhere else. We have examined the ways in which academia cloisters itself from the world in a self-referential formalism that serves no purpose other than its […]
Selecting Stones implements new Threat Advisory System for Juan Cole Watch
February 10, 2013
As of Sunday, February 10, 2013, the ongoing Juan Cole Watch on Selecting Stones will implement a new Threat Advisory System. We will be constantly monitoring the activities of Prof. Cole in order to warn the public of new threats. In particular, the Threat Advisory System will alert unsuspecting readers to the current danger posed […]
Juan Cole Watch: What does Juan Cole’s secret Love Affair with the CIA say about Academia?
January 27, 2013
Middle East Studies professor Juan Cole fancies himself something of a superstar among academic armchair-leftists, thanks in no small part to his mindless and puerile blog Informed Comment, which is apparently quite popular among other academic armchair-leftists. What are the “left-wing” credentials of somebody like Juan Cole, though? It remains something of a question. After […]
Juan Cole Watch: Why is Prof. Cole so concerned about Jesus’ wife?
September 26, 2012
Last week, when the story came out about an interesting papyrus containing an ancient Coptic text mentioning Jesus’ wife, Prof. Juan Cole of the University of Michigan, naturally, felt the need to chime in on the topic via his lackluster blog, Informed Comment. The post, entitled “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife and Sacred History from […]
Real Lives of Graduate Students: Jacob Ide
January 6, 2012
And we’re back! Real Lives of Graduate Students continues with a response to our questionnaire by a philosophy student named Jacob. Enjoy our third installment of this series, and keep checking back to learn more about the real lives of graduate students! Name? Jacob Ide Age? 29 Occupation? Graduate Teaching Assistant Why graduate school, as […]
Real Lives of Graduate Students: Mike Rieger
December 26, 2011
We continue our Selecting Stones feature series “Real Lives of Graduate Students” with a look into the world of a scientist named Mike Rieger. Enjoy! Name? Mike Rieger Age? 29 Occupation? Scientist. Why graduate school, as opposed to something else? I would like to be a research scientist. There isn’t really a “license” for that, […]
Real Lives of Graduate Students: Ginger Roberts
December 11, 2011
We begin the Selecting Stones series “Real Lives of Graduate Students” with a response to our questionnaire submitted by Ginger Roberts. All answers are presented exactly as they were given to us, with no editing. Thanks, Ginger, for participating! And, to you the reader, we hope that you gain some insight into the workings of […]
Announcing a New Feature Series on Selecting Stones: “Real Lives of Graduate Students”
November 19, 2011
In the upcoming weeks, Selecting Stones will be featuring a new series called “Real Lives of Graduate Students”. The name more or less speaks for itself. We will explore the lives of graduate students of all different varieties, and we will attempt to learn as much as we can. Who are these people? What is […]
Academia, the Self-Referential Exploiter
November 5, 2011
by Lawrence McMahon The claim of academia is that it studies the world, the real existing world, in all of its richness. In fact, however, it has no interest whatsoever in the real world. Instead, it is interested only in itself. The academic’s frame of reference is not the world that he claims to describe, […]
February 13, 2013
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