burningman-webcast, Ustream.TV: 2010 Art Theme: Metropolis Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At Who is John Frum? He is known to us by many names, this Visitor from Elsewhere, dispenser of endless abundance and wielder of mysterious technologies: John Frum, Quetzalcoatl, Osiris, "Bob." His cargo is splendid, his generosity boundless, his motives beyond our understanding. But across the ages and around the world, the stories all agree: one day he will return, bearing great gifts. Our theme this year asks three related questions; who is John Frum, where is he really from, and where, on spaceship Earth, are we all going? burningman.com BRC Live Streaming commences Sunday Aug 25th The Man Burns Saturday Aug 31 9PM PDT The Temple Burn is Sunday Sept 1 8PM PDT **** Burning Man 2013 Webcast Tech Info **** ustream.tv/burningman You can subscribe to the Burning Man 2013 Webcast feed with a variety of devices, including Flash-based devices, iOS devices, and Android OS devices. If you are running an Android OS device, consider installing the Ustream player:Ustream Android App
Izzi Ramkissoon What’s the big deal with consistency? (Cross-posted at NewAPPS) It is no news to anyone that the concept of consistency is a hotly debated topic in philosophy of logic and epistemology (as well as elsewhere). Indeed, a number of philosophers throughout history have defended the view that consistency, in particular in the form of the principle of non-contradiction (PNC), is the most fundamental principle governing human rationality – so much so that rational debate about PNC itself wouldn’t even be possible, as famously stated by David Lewis. It is also the presumed privileged status of consistency that seems to motivate the philosophical obsession with paradoxes across time; to be caught entertaining inconsistent beliefs/concepts is really bad, so blocking the emergence of paradoxes is top-priority. Since the advent of dialetheism, and in particular under the powerful assaults of karateka Graham Priest, PNC has been under pressure. You cannot be believed, Meletus, even, I think, by yourself.
Catholic Planet - - Roman Catholic theology, poetry, music Steampunk "Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle, a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or subcultures, that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, art nouveau design, and films from the mid-20th century.[3] Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk. History[edit] Precursors[edit] Origin of the term[edit] Dear Locus,Enclosed is a copy of my 1979 novel Morlock Night; I'd appreciate your being so good as to route it Faren Miller, as it's a prime piece of evidence in the great debate as to who in "the Powers/Blaylock/Jeter fantasy triumvirate" was writing in the "gonzo-historical manner" first. Modern steampunk[edit] steampunk cafe in Cape Town
Jim Jarmusch James R. "Jim" Jarmusch (/ˈdʒɑrməʃ/;[2] born January 22, 1953) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer.[3] Jarmusch has consistently been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s.[4] Early life[edit] The key, I think, to Jim, is that he went gray when he was 15 ... New York[edit] During his final year at Columbia, Jarmusch moved to Paris, for what was initially a summer semester on an exchange program but turned into ten months.[4][13] There, he worked as a delivery driver for an art gallery, and spent most of his time at the Cinémathèque Française.[4][7] That’s where I saw things I had only read about and heard about – films by many of the good Japanese directors, like Imamura, Ozu, Mizoguchi. Jarmusch graduated from Columbia University in 1975.[7] Career[edit] First features and rise to fame: Vacation and Paradise[edit] Down by Law, Mystery Train, and Night on Earth[edit]
Dialetheism 1. Some Basic Concepts Though dialetheism is not a new view, the word itself is. It was coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley (later Sylvan) in 1981 (see Priest, Routley and Norman, 1989, p. xx). The inspiration for the name was a passage in Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, where he describes the Liar sentence (‘This sentence is not true’) as a Janus-headed figure facing both truth and falsity (1978, IV.59). Hence a di-aletheia is a two(-way) truth. Dialetheism should be clearly distinguished from trivialism. A general conception of entailment (and, by extension, a logic that captures such a conception) is explosive if, according to it, a contradiction entails everything (ex contradictione quodlibet: for all A and B: A,¬A ⊢ B). However, dialetheism should also be clearly distinguished from paraconsistency (see Berto, 2007a, Ch. 5). 2. In Western Philosophy, a number of the Presocratics endorsed dialetheism. 3. 3.1 The Paradoxes of Self-Reference 4. 5. 6.
HalfPastHuman Erowid Henry Darger Henry Joseph Darger, Jr. (/ˈdɑrdʒər/; c. April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973) was a reclusive American writer and artist who worked as a custodian in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He has become famous for his posthumously discovered 15,145-page, single-spaced fantasy manuscript called The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, along with several hundred drawings and watercolor paintings illustrating the story.[2] The visual subject matter of his work ranges from idyllic scenes in Edwardian interiors and tranquil flowered landscapes populated by children and fantastic creatures, to scenes of horrific terror and carnage depicting young children being tortured and massacred.[3] Much of his artwork is mixed media with collage elements. Darger's artwork has become one of the most celebrated examples of outsider art. Life[edit] Works[edit] In the Realms of the Unreal[edit] Mental health[edit]
Wired 8.05: Terence McKenna's Last Trip Terence McKenna's Last Trip The "altered statesman" emerged from Leary's long shadow to push a magical blend of psychedelics, technology, and revelatory rap. He had less time than he knew. By Erik Davis In May 1999, the psychedelic bard Terence McKenna returned to his jungle hideaway on Hawaii's Big Island after six weeks on the road. Soon after McKenna arrived home, however, he was hit with ferocious headaches. When McKenna came to, he was flat on his back, staring at the ceiling as his extremely agitated girlfriend called 911. The ambulance guys knew McKenna's rep and were convinced he had OD'd. McKenna was facing something that no shaman's rattle or peyote button was going to cure. At the same time, friends and comrades were stalking more ethereal treatments. From the wilds of Nevada, paranormal radio jock Art Bell was planning a different kind of intervention. Even after he went under the gamma knife, McKenna couldn't quite believe what was happening to him. "So what about it?"