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Jaap Bosman

Neil Postman - Bullshit and the Art of Crap-Detection | Critical Thinking Snippets - 5 views

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critical thinking postman bullshit

shared by Jaap Bosman on 04 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • by people who use fancy titles, words, phrases, and sentences to obscure their own insufficiencies.
    • Jaap Bosman
      Jaap Bosman on 04 Feb 14
       
      Lots of people do suspect Deleuze of this kind of Crap, I have a feeling they could be right.
  • But with the development of the mass media, inanity has suddenly emerged as a major form of language in public matters.
  • all human communications have deeply embedded and profound hidden agendas
  • wayupnorth on 04 Feb 14
     
    "Postman's Third Law: "At any given time, the chief source of bullshit with which you have to contend is yourself." Postman's Fourth Law: "Almost nothing is about what you think it is about-including you."
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  • wayupnorth on 04 Feb 14
     
    Premise: books is making us stupid #Rhizo14 Jim's reply: not if we employ good crap detectors and keep other conversations going
  • Vanessa Vaile on 04 Feb 14
     
    Qualify: books without talking about them, having conversations. Then there are certain categories of academic writing...
  • anonymous on 10 Feb 14
     
    I am somebody who like to go back to sources. Here is the original speech in case some of you may find it useful" http://aquadoc.typepad.com/files/bs_speech_postman-1.pdf
  • Vanessa Vaile on 10 Feb 14
     
    much thanks for the full article -- I like Postman and to go back to sources too
Cris Crissman

Help stamp out nouns! (with images, tweets) · mdvfunes · Storify - 1 views

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moocs conversation critical reflection power relationships

shared by Cris Crissman on 13 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Cris Crissman on 13 Feb 14
     
    Dynamic critical reflection on #rhizo14 specifically and MOOCs in general. "Postman's Third Law: "At any given time, the chief source of bullshit with which you have to contend is yourself."
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