Re: [xmca] Fwd: NYTimes.com: David Brooks's Theory of Human Nature

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

That may well be true, Peter. I took some comfort from Nagel's comments and
learned some interesting things reading the article. And it seems important
for academics
like those on XMCA for whom the topic is important, to see what hip shooting
journalistic writing can do to muddy the waters.

In the Deb Roy film you sent he he refers to Pro-Am knowledge generation. I
am hearing that phrased used as if it were perhaps a positive wave of the
future. This case might give pause for thought.

mike

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote:

> And yet, because Brooks has his NYT platform, more people will read his
> book than all of our academic papers combined, and it's more likely to
> influence public and educational policy than all of next month's AERA
> sessions could hope to affect.
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> Peter Smagorinsky
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> This review seems relevant to our interests. The last paragraph is worth
> the
> price of admission, but so is some of what preceeds it.
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