Cartoons, stupidity, cleverness

Posted on October 26, 2007 by acb

I think the third frame in this Doonesbury packs a lot into one picture.
Whereas xkcd, here, doesn’t even need speech.
And, on geekery, I want this for Christmas.
Still geeking: you could not improve this definition of “open”, or indeed, “anyone”.
On stupidity: Andrew Leonard quotes an MIT report. “Today’s on-line discussion forums, blogs, and chat rooms do a good job of encouraging lots of people to express their opinions and share them widely. But these systems are not very good at supporting evidence-based, logical deliberation: the quality of contributions can vary enormously.
and adds
Which is kind of like saying nuclear bombs do a good job when employed for purposes of mass destruction, but are not so great for handcrafting quality woodwork
Clever people: David Chalmers has tarted up his already excellent consciousness bibliography.
Perhaps you would prefer biology? Lots of good searchable texts there.

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