tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post6293805432672814906..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: Pseudo-profundity and Intellectuals - I'm on BBC Radio 3 toniteStephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-20405266967377016472013-05-10T18:21:31.530+00:002013-05-10T18:21:31.530+00:00Have you come across the Postmodern Generator ? :-...Have you come across the Postmodern Generator ? :-<br />http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/<br /><br />Refresh the screen and it randomly generates post-modern sounding gibberish. I just tried the generator and got this :-<br /><br /><i>"The characteristic theme of the works of Joyce is the role of the artist as participant. Therefore, the without/within distinction prevalent in Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man is also evident in Ulysses. Baudrillard uses the term ‘predialectic theory’ to denote the difference between society and sexual identity.</i><br /> <br />And of course, there's cases of intellectuals deliberately writing gibberish to prove a point and having it accepted and published and praised in prestigious in post-modern journals. theObserverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487813166705644460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-70306091403952723812013-05-10T17:53:06.188+00:002013-05-10T17:53:06.188+00:00That was fucking profoundThat was fucking profoundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-81658728838226615872013-05-10T11:22:46.679+00:002013-05-10T11:22:46.679+00:00Well clearly you can no longer just keep the cake ...Well clearly you can no longer just keep the cake as your possession if you eat it :)<br />You have to choose between consuming it and keeping it, and hence you can't have your cake and eat it too!Michael Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-28440182840924953442013-05-10T10:44:57.491+00:002013-05-10T10:44:57.491+00:00By the way Stephen, small spelling mistake - "...By the way Stephen, small spelling mistake - "here" should be "hear" (unless you are being profound of course)Galactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918879026128556588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-33422366010325862592013-05-10T10:40:18.739+00:002013-05-10T10:40:18.739+00:00Yes indeed. That expression always puzzled me. Why...Yes indeed. That expression always puzzled me. Why can't you have your cake and eat it. You can hardly eat it if you have not got it. Took me till I was late forties before I figured out what it meant.Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-90053315676234766022013-05-10T10:38:42.191+00:002013-05-10T10:38:42.191+00:00Here's a profound comment derived from your re...Here's a profound comment derived from your reconciliation with your adversary:<br /><br />You can have your cake AND eat it.Galactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918879026128556588noreply@blogger.com