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- Henry Maldonado
- Hesperia, CA
- United States
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What are the arguments for and against philosophy in high school?
Philosophy is seen as a dead science. However, how can we ignore the prevalence of philosophy in history. Whether it be the philosophy of science, language, or history, there has always been philosophical inquiry except near the middle of the twentieth century.
Should philosophy be taught at the high school level? Should there be a mandatory or elective class for philosophy? What are the merits of philosophy in High School? What are the draw back of teaching philosophy in high school?
Wade Crum
Aug 15 2012: I would propose we teach critical thinking as early as grade school. Call me radical but I think it would be interesting if students were able to develope their own philosophies. This would enable the student to formulate his/her own solutions to concepts and quite possibly come up with unique ideas we've not yet seen. If we introduce other philosophies before one has mastered his/her own ideas, we may inadvertantly bias their thought processes and in turn hamstring their own creativity.
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Eric Grovum
Aug 15 2012: I think philosophy could be integrated into other subjects as a way to show the relevance to life of what the students are being taught at any one time. For example: A short philosophical discussion of why it is important to understand the reasons behind the civil war in the US leading into a more in depth study of that time period and its aftermath.Aug 14 2012: I believe that philiophy is a great course in teaching people "how" to think, not what to think. Most educational courses seems to dictate "what" a person should think like, but it lacks the application of everyday life situations of "how" to think.
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I never took a course in philosophy, but I have taken many courses that are in essence philisophical. I was so lucky to have stumbled upon these teachers because they are unconventionally refreshing. All teachers should be required to minor in philosophy, which would greatly improve a whole generation of thinkers. Just my opionion, with some analysis.
Aug 14 2012: As a high school student who just finished the AP US history course I can say that there was a presence of philosophy in our curriculum, but no emphasis.
Our class was focused more intensely on politics and government and covering all the material rather than being able to sit down and assess and think about the intellectual atmosphere of the time period. Intellectual movements were used to justify political and social trends rather than stand for themselves.
Our school does offer a philosophy in literature course for seniors who are not taking AP English lit, but here again we see an example of how the emphasis on taking "college appeasing" courses trumps taking classes that may actually teach you how to think.Aug 30 2012: There is a monumental distinction between "teaching philosophy" and leading people to understand why philosophers do what they do. As a teen I had awakenings that caused me to question everything I has been told up to that point. I then thought that by choosing philosophy as my major in college that I would be encouraged to think and find myself. On the contrary, either philosophy became a culture of hero worship where the objective was to compete on how much we could subsume from the works of published philosophers, or we spent ridiculous amounts of time splitting hairs on definitions and what I considered minutia. The fact is no philosopher comes to be a philosopher through study of other philosophers. Each philosopher is a student of the times in which they live where they are called want to stop the world and articulate a clarity they are not finding in anything else they see in the way of thinking and speech. Holding philosophers up on a pedestal and making the substance of their work a memorization contest is analogous to me of Jesus going to his death on the cause that acquiescence to blind authority is wrong only to have people come along and make him a good who must be worshipped instead of emulated. The distinction has to be owned in a way that can't be wishy washy. And I suspect that education will do the usual thing of diminishing the students whilst deifying the objects of their study. The whole thing should be about finding your engine of reason so you can know what you've created so that you never look at yourself as a "composite" of other people's philosophies.
Sep 1 2012: James McGuiness, I'm sorry your philosophy teacher didn't make a good impression. But students of any discipline need to know where the current world knowledge is at in the field of choice is the basis of a good education; Its partly so people don't waste their time re-inventing the wheel, and partly to be able to communicate efficiently to others in the same field, and partly as a bit of personal discipline in developing a bit of patience and losing a bit of hubris . I found the whole lot fascinating for a raft of reasons, and wish I had more critical analytical reasoning taught early in my education and less religious indoctrination. But on the other hand the religious indoctrinators were not realising what they were doing, as they themselves didn't have critical analytical thinking taught to them.
Sep 1 2012: There is nothing of waste or shame in "re-inventing the wheel" if one has no knowledge of wheels. On the contrary, every person who is able to reason a solution conceived by their own wits needs to be "led" by the educational authority/ the society and culture around them to credit themselves with the capacity to do what the one we hold up so high as the original inventor has done. This is where it goes wrong so often--hero worship diminishes motivation and discourages further achievement. I have worked in education and industrial design for 30 years and I know it wasn't just my experience with a "bad teacher" that tells me that there are dysfunctional systems and attitudes still in place today which wind up discouraging or humiliating a potential achiever rather than leading them to believe in themselves and fulfill their potentials. Yes, we need people to get to the front edge of innovation quickly, but more will get there with greater enthusiasm if there are no dinosaurs in the way with stop watches and ratings systems and casual attitudes about writing off people who don't jump through the hoop the "right way" according to factory model prescription. The same is true of philosophy--you can make it a contest of how much you can memorize of other people's philosophies, but you can't "teach" maturity or perspective. You must do something entirely different to produce new philosophers. IMO what usually does that is facing arrogant, intransigent authority who has it wrong and risking stepping up to say "you're not seeing what I do. And here's what that is". But authoritarian systems dissuade people from risking that. If inspiration also happens to reinvent a wheel, that person should get the same credit as the other wheel inventor and should not be mocked and tossed aside. There is no shame or waste in duplicating greatness--there is only shame in dishonesty. My philosophy is called "facilitarianism" perhaps you'll read about it some day I hope.
Gross Ryder
Sep 12 2012: Since the wheel has got 'jammed' in the slush, we have to relearn/reinvent the wheel in the midst of all the mud - to go back to the design board - start from scratch by first of all finding the right questions that provoke people at an early stage to think about them and struggle with them.
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Justin Elkin
Sep 3 2012: I admire your level of understanding in this area, James, especially of citing a difference between teaching philosophy and leading people to understand why philosophers do what they do. Brilliant. I think an unbiased curriculum would be essential and key in prevention of "hero-worship". No matter what past conflicts has arose, an empathetic view must be maintained for true teaching of the subject. I feel there is no "reinventing the wheel", more appropriate, for me, is creating new inventions that allow us to farther utilize the wheel. Facilitarianism? Yes. Let's make it easier and more effective. If in fact that is your meaning.
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Sep 3 2012: Thanks Justin. "Facilitarianism" is the word I came up with to conventionalize a "successor" to the order we have long been born into which gives us no choice or contract called "authoritarianism". It's been said for a couple of decades now that information technology--even before the Internet took off where there were products like Lotus "Notes" that the PC revolution "flattens hierarchies". Nothing really "flattens hierarchies"--technology has only threatened to. Hierarchy is so pervasive and ingrained in society that to grow beyond it and "facilitate" all the human potential it currently and previously writes off, a successor must be formally engineered. Initially I called my facilitarianism an antithesis to authoritarianism but in writing it it became clear that hierarchy should not be abandoned or demonized--it needs to just be greatly tempered with new understanding of human potentials that we can now address with technology and especially the "cyberspace" metaphor which make for a "secondary plane" of reality in which time and space can be conventionalized more productively.The heart of my brainchild is the assertion that authoritarianism reduces human beings to units of "utility" and there is a range of capacity it fails to address I call "facility". This explains why the title of my philosophy--"facilitarianism".
To supplant hierarchy means creating a culture and that demands the definition of new metrics, new politics, much improved scope of what we think of our own potential. I have long wanted to be perhaps the first philosopher to skip the linear book and instead synthesize my understanding and new language directly into the non-linear inter-active multimedia network to estblish it as a medium much more capable than being the electronic page turner it's been. But find compatriots has been a tough slog. I welcome engagement by anyone who wants to make the Digital Revolution a true revolution of design rather the evolution of defaults it has been.
Justin Elkin
Sep 3 2012: Great! I believe we have similar goals. I have no tangible credentials but I am open to new ideas and offer my assistance. If I may make a suggestion, there is a man by the name of Jacques Fresco who has an organization called The Venus Project whose lectures and ideas may be able to further assist your task.Aug 24 2012: I think, no I know, that philosophy is not a dead science. I know that it should be taught in high school and middle school and junior high and elementary school as well.
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Please google Philosophy for Children Alberta and see what exciting things are happening at the University of Alberta with Philosophy for Children. Check out Eurekamp and see what wonderous fun young children are having as they play and discuss philosophical ideas.
Still not convinced, try their facebook page. There are thousands of photos and videos to prove me right.
Still not sure....then talk to the organizers and parents and children.
Philosophy is alive and thriving.
Why do we need it? Because in an increasingly technology based world, people (children especially) need to learn how to listen, to reason, to argue, to work together, to think critically, logically, face to face. Philosophy teaches these skills.
I know. I have seen it.Aug 16 2012: I guess, as a student of philosophy, i am inclined to be biased in favor of philosophy in schools.
but at a time when schools are looking to cut curricula left and right due to budget constraints, I can understand that it is an unlikely proposition.
But what about teachers? Students learn to think from their teachers do they not? And, as many commenters have said, philosophy is pervasive. It underpins math and language; literature and science.
If teachers were philosophers by training and employed the principles of logic and critical reasoning in explanation of a certain field, we might achieve what the original proposition to teach philosophy sought: students who are intellectually and critically engaged.
Fritzie -
Aug 15 2012: Jostein Gaardners' Sophie's World, a novel with a teenaged protagonist and quite accessible to teenagers, presents philosophy for young people. It was an international bestseller, translated into fifty-three languages, with 30 million copies sold. When I say "presents," there is some presentation, but the ideas are fleshed out through dialogue among the characters.
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His Solitaire Mystery is pitched lower.
I believe many students are ready for and intrigued by philosophical ideas at high school age. Not all ideas are suitable or interesting for presentation at that time, but there is no serious developmental barrier in introducing and debating many ideas.
The same might be said of great novels that are typically introduced in high school. A younger person may not grasp every nuance, but then many younger people grasp nuances more surely than many older people and can be better critical thinkers sometimes as well.
We should be wary of under-estimating the potential of young people to wrestle with ideas. My view is that exposure to many important philoso[phical ideas can be introduced to kids in k12.
Aug 15 2012: Thanks for the book references! I'll check them out for my daughter! I agree with all of your reasoning here. When I was in high school, just reading and analyzing poetry and Shakespeare in english literature class was difficult for me, but I found the challenge rewarding. I think the same would have been true of philosophy.
Aug 15 2012: If your daughter is in high school, I would be optimistic about Sophie's World, particularly if you are reading it as well and can interact about it. When I was in high school, reading philosophy was part of AP English. I remember finding it very useful and excellent preparation for university. In fact, I still have a paper I wrote about Descartes at that time. And let's just say it wasn't in the last couple of decades.Sep 2 2012: It seems the debate has rightfully shifted from teaching philosophy in high schools to teaching philosophy in general, including in lower schools. I pointed out earlier that teaching philosophy in schools requires exceptional teachers. I agree with James McGuiness that the teacher and the teaching process is a critical element in any person's education. I agree totally, and look forward to hearing more of James on his philosophy of education. It also seems that it's the educators that need the tenets of philosophy just as much, or even more, than the students do.
Maybe teachers should be made to recite the Hippocratic oath that says, "Firstly do no harm". How many of us have been damaged by an incompetent or poorly-educated teacher, or a poor education system, worse than not being taught at all. It's those early experiences that set the whole tone of what follows.
Fábio Nunes
Aug 30 2012: A short answer:
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Absolutely! I even think philosophy should be taught since the first years of school. And the most important part of philosophy isnt' the history of old philosophers such as Platon and Kant, but the exercise of the mind.
Through philosophy one can learn how to think properly, and recognize good and bad arguments wheather you they are your's or not.
If you learn how to think you can have better discussions, discussions that can actually take you somewhere. This is very important in politics. An educated population can better distinguish between good and bad arguments from politicians and therefore make a more educated choice, being certain that they are not being played.
Sep 9 2012: couldn't agree with you more :)
Teaching philosophy to high school students is like giving them food for thought.
In this fast changing, competitive society, learning how to think philosphically--doesn't need to be too academic--would save them from being disoriented.
And fundamentally, it would play the important role in their life. Especially when they have to make major decisions.
They need to know what they should consider and pursue.
Philosophical thinking might lead them to be wise and let them face the truth not just reality.
Imad Atwi
Aug 24 2012: So are you debating whether to enlighten people and expand their horizons at a young age or not?
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The younger the better. But as with all topics, it has to be gradual. You cannot teach kids calculus before teaching them addition and multiplication.
Start early. Give it to them in scaled phases. Let them nurture it.Aug 22 2012: The key 21st C skill is, ironically, a very ancient skill: philosophical thinking. And like mathematics or languages, it is a discipline and deserves its own time. Chesterton has a good wag about teaching philosophy: http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/43811/Why%20Philosophy.htm
But why restrict the teaching of philosophy to high school students. I've been teaching it very successfully for years to middle school students and up: practical reasoning for grades 6/7, ethics for grade 8 and a survey of philosophy for grade 9. At Island Pacific School, on Bowen Island off the coast of Vancouver, BC, philosophy courses are the foundation of the school. I gave a paper at a humanities conference at Columbia Univiasity a few years back in which I called for the reanimation the dscussion of metaphysics in grade schools (http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.971)
The point is, rather young people are not only perfectly capable of studying philosophy, in my experience, they are eager to do so.Aug 20 2012: Philosophy would be really helpful because it encourages searching for the truth using rational thinking.
If my high school had it available I would've taken it in a heartbeat.
Barry Palmer
Aug 17 2012: IMO, philosophy should be taught in high school, and it should be narrowly focused on the needs of high school students, specifically their needs to learn how to think, how to think about thinking (self knowledge), and most importantly how to develop their own personal values.
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My dictionary lists ten definitions of the word philosophy. The tenth definition is:
The system of values by which one lives (as in: has an unusual philosophy of life)
By this definition, our every decision is influenced by our personal philosophy.
In the USA, our public schools purposely avoid teaching values because it is too controversial. By not teaching values we are teaching our children that values are not important and that you can get by in life without ever considering them. This is just wrong, both factually and morally. High school is a good place to discuss how we develop values, even if specific values (like religion) must be avoided.
Many people believe that philosophy has little to do with practical living. Consciously developing your own personal philosophy is the most practical thing you will ever do. Young people in their late teens and early twenties are developing their own personal philosophy, and many are doing it without any framework, without any cultural or historical context. It is no wonder that these years seem to be so perplexing. A few hours in a course on philosophy would at least teach them that a context is available to them. Rather than let them stumble around in the dark, we should at least point out that there is a shelf in the library where they can find a light.Aug 17 2012: I think philosophy would be good for high school students; especially aspects that focusses on critical thinking and logic.
I fell in love with philosophy in my High school days after reading 'Utopia' by Thomas More; and later, the writings about Aristotle, Plato and Socrates in some books.
But philosophy sometimes seems like a study that focusses too much on an elusive search for knowledge. As if we can never be sure of anything, as if every question has to be questioned just for the sake of questioning.
Now, what is the purpose of searching when one has made up one's mind never to be sure of what is found?
I guess the most important thing in philosophy is the journey and what it does for one's reasoning abilities; not the destination.
And for some people, journeys could be helpful, even when they find out that the path they've chosen may be a road to nowhere.
Emil Chetty
Aug 16 2012: Philosophy can and should be explored in high school because this is the ideal time for students to engage its questions, arguments, and methods of thinking. High school students have not yet fully formed their habits of mind. They remain open, inquisitive, and intellectually playful. For many adolescents, the perennial questions posed by philosophy have urgency and personal significance. A formal guided society would allow for students to actively engage with the concepts and topics that they wouldn't normally come across in subjects such as History or English, and help them in understanding the world around them. Simultaneously, high school students will develop the skills that will enable them to begin serious work in reading philosophical texts, identifying and evaluating arguments, and constructing arguments of their own. They will learn how to pose a good question, how to inspect and scrutinize their deeply held beliefs, and how to work out their own ideas with care and rigor.From a school-wide perspective, philosophy can be invaluable because the skills it imparts are transferable to every part of the curriculum that requires, logical reason, problem solving, clear, critical and out of the box thinking, reading with scrutiny, and writing with a purpose i.e. English, Mathematics, Art, History Physics and many more. Philosophy also supplies connective tissue, since its fundamental questions apply to all disciplines and address the full range of human experience. For example, questions about ethics and free will deepen students appreciation for great literature and history, logical argumentation will teach students how to construct and refute complex arguments which would prove useful when writing essays. Philosophy is the key to understanding history and culture, without which can lead to cultures being misunderstood and history not being fully appreciated. High school students currently lack exposure to philosophical questions, issues and debates.Aug 16 2012: Philosophy is quintessential to the human life. We use philosophy to gain understanding of our surrounding world. Be it through the creation or manipulation of schema, creating ethical drive for a common goal, or to put our minute self in perspective with an infinite universe. Philosophy is a tool we have created to further enhance the meanings of life. It has given rise to critical thinking, logic, culture, government (for good or bad) and gave birth to modern day sciences. Philosophy is part of everyday life yet we as a society seem to ignore its existence. We should equip teachers with the ability to teach historical philosophy within the classrooms at every level. Students should actively participate in lectures, even teaching the lectures . As a teacher, Socrates' method produced illuminated students who's grasp on logic and critical thinking lead to many great advances in Western civilization. This dialectal form of learning provides a stimulating environment that encourages the acceptance of many ideas until the most suitable resolution is found. Personally I believe we should challenge our education systems throughout the world to embrace a more philosophical backing in their approach to learning process. I believe that empowering students to think and create their own realizations of the world would be arguably one of the greatest things we could do for future generations. Hopefully more people will bring this debate to life and encourage its growth into a fruitful endeavor at creating a better tomorrow.
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Jason Rhys
Aug 16 2012: Unless one feels that the problems of the world are chiefly attributable to a superabundance, rather than a lack, of self-knowledge and logical reasoning, then philosophy should most definitely be taught. And not just in high school, but at all levels. To speculate on the demise of philosophy is to suggest that all avenues of philosophical inquiry have been exhausted. This is obviously far from being the case. Not only have the fundamental questions of existence not been solved, but they have been compounded by new and pressing issues which demand rigorous critique and analysis. The idea that children cannot be taught philosophy is self-evidently absurd: "people cannot be taught to think logically until they can think logically". The result of this catch-22, of course, is that no one ever learns to think logically. This breed of reasoning is not only twisted, but is contributing to the ongoing infantilization of the upcoming generation.
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Aug 17 2012: The basis of philosophy isn't logic though it's better perception of logic... Philosophy was the great great grand-daddy of all sciences so why not give children a solid base on which to build from...Aug 15 2012: I think it has some importance, perhaps not as an exam subject, but as a boon towards our future decisions. We able to decide if principles and guiding systems are headed in a better direction than that of our ancestors.
In many cases, found in modern times we find a repeat of history. We can assume by this that we simply not getting the essence.
Define Insanity - doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.
This applies to most belief systems.
Aug 15 2012: For: Philos is gymnastics for thinking. It is the one thing that has made us as successful (as humans) as we are. We need to study what types of thinking have worked, and what types have failed in the past, evaluate what types are working now and how, and what new types we'll need to develop as we enter this new phase of the human experience - our not-as-of-yet technological triumphs and their fall-out.
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Against: We want people to be drones. They need to do what we tell them. It's good for business, gov't, and social stability.
Dan Geurin
Aug 14 2012: Personally, I feel that philosophy is good for everyone. It expands the mind into an understanding of seeking empirical knowledge and truth and how it is created, understood, and shaped by the human condition. It allows people to understand what it means to be human. If we can have a deeper connection with ourselves, we can have a deeper connection with others.
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That being said, our new world doesn't put a value on philosophy and critical thinking. People who are in touch with their minds are more likely to question the way things are done which will challenge the bosses who just want us all to to be productive without rocking the boat.
Eric Grovum
Aug 14 2012: In England, philosophy is being taught even at the primary levels. Yes, the thinking is not as sophisticated, but a foundation is being developed. The kids enjoy it and become excited about thinking on their highest possible levels. Check these podcasts out! The kids obviously love it, and it gets them excited about learning! I wish I had been exposed that young.
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http://philosophynow.org/podcasts/Teaching_Philosophy_to_Children http://philosophynow.org/podcasts/Primary_School_Philosophy
edward long
Aug 13 2012: IF, I say IF, we define Philosophy as the science that considers Truth (Aristotle), is that not sufficient reason to teach it in High School (or sooner)?Aug 13 2012: "Philosophy is seen as a dead science. "
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by whom?
Aug 13 2012: That's a good point. I am not being facetious when I write not enough students study areas such as metaphysics, which is viewed by many as a predecessor to physics instead of a supplement to it. I think most about metaphysics because of the rigor. Kant and Hegel are viewed as outdated thinkers and thoughts.
Aug 13 2012: i don't think that philosophy is a prerequisite of science. you can do pretty good science with no philosophical background of any sort.
i think it is similar to differential equations. real science, real deep understanding is not possible without diff.eq. but high school level science and especially grade school level science can be understood without them. (disclaimer, i'm not saying should, i said can.)
but i also would not say that philosophy is looked down. check out daniel dennett for a counterexample.
James Zhang
Aug 12 2012: I honestly think philosophy should be a core class that everyone is required to take.
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Philosophy is more like metaphorical science lol. But what I think the subject does well in, is make people think, and think really hard. And I think everyone needs to think and interpret things in their own way, not let someone else tell them how to think.
On sidenote: with more and more computers and machines out there who can do many of the blue-collar work much more efficiently than humans, there should be an increased demand for more intelligent humans. A computer cannot "think" especially on a philosophical level, only humans can atm. It is one of the biggest differentiating characteristics between human and computer, and we will soon need to really capitalize.Sep 12 2012: I once had an English professor in college ask the class to write a two to four line poem to communicate an idea. I did mine based upon my own philosophical toils in trying to figure out who and what I am. He read it and sneeringly said in front of the class "hmmm, who have you been reading?".
Does this not typify how academics can be agents of dismissiveness and hurt? I was 31 years of age trying to finish college at night. It was beyond this man to see my poem as MY creation. He had to associate it with a wheel that had already been invented by someone else and imply that I had either stolen it and tried to pass it off as an original or because someone else had said something like this I'm flawed for also stumbling across the same thing and not avoiding it. Is he the only dysfunctional academic and me the unluckiest person as Lyndall would seem to assume as she did above? No. There are millions of cases of "hero worship" causing teachers/professors to think similarly and denigrate a student as a plagiarist or reinvent of the wheel.
Philosophy is a good thing. How it's handled is an open book. And as long as it is subjective to individual human professors, there is a wide margin for poor results--some of which can turn off otherwise potentially brilliant minds. My view of education--after the elements--is to cease "teaching" anything and start "leading" people to discover each art and science. That is the future and CBS 60 Minutes segment on Kahn Academy recently showed that this is more or less the model that is emerging. IMO it should have to take decades. But adults who make decisions for their children today don't know what they don't know and tend to view the education by their own experience and simply want something a little better. We can have it all and the world can change in our lifetimes so much for the better. Tradition is in the way--authoritarian hierarchical traditions..Sep 12 2012: My Dear Henry. If, truly Philosophy is (seen as dead) dead "to you", then, respectfully, YOU ARE DEAD...!!!.. To "understand" the "term" Philosophy, you "must" know what the words means..."Philosophy"..."Philos"..(Friend)..."Sophia"... (Wisdom) : My Dear Henry, if, you are not a "Philos" of "Sophia"..("a Friend of Wisdom"), what the heck kind or type of being are you, and that goes for all types of "other beings", who are "attempting" to kill Philosophy. Did you go to College? Did you become "Greek". Were you part of the "Greek Club(s)??". Do you know why kids "kill" to become Greek in University / College?. Do you know that if you are "not Greek in College, you are nothing".. and do you know why?..[ Truly, Frankly, the "proper" word to use is, "Ellinas" - for the word "Ellinas" - means - "you are the Son / Daughter of Light / Enlightenment". Plato taught us "an Enlightened Man / Woman can do no wrong", since, when you are Enlightened you know what Respect is, and since you are Respectful, you cannot possibly be dis-Respectful, wherein you automatically know what Honour is and since you Honour you cannot dis-Honour, and thus automatically you are Disciplined with your life and ways and means and when you are Disciplined you cannot possibly be Un-Disciplined.
The problem my Dear Henry is that, Philosophy is not taught "enough". Think for a moment, how many "fewer problems" we would have in our society today, if, honour, discipline, respect, love, "manners", respect for elders, respect for family, respect for each other and respect for country were taught in Elementary, and High School.
On the contrary, we have kids who attend 10-12 years of elementary and high school and graduate with 90's and are ILLITERATE.
Philosophy...to be Philos - Friend of Sophia - Wisdom, means, is, one of the "key criteria" of being an Enlightened, Positive and Productive "Human Being", Worthy and "Entitled" to be on this Beautiful "YAIA" - ("GAIA") - Mother Earth.Sep 12 2012: We are all philosophers. Stop and search..We are always wondering. Kinds are the number one great philosophers. Our school system does not help in teaching philosophy. It should rather explore the philosophy in kids and find answers to them.Sep 12 2012: Were philosophy to be taught at high schools I suspect that they would most likely make a mess of the whole thing. Most of the children I see tend to become philosophical thinkers of their own accord; it's simply human nature to question things. If philosophy were to become a class in school it would be standardised so that it could be more easily assessed and as such would do more harm than good.Sep 12 2012: Philosophy is possible only if we can articulate questions for which so far we have no clear answers or the answers given so far are inadequate, insufficient, inarticulate or have led us into a 'dead end' or 'black hole'. This has happened to Philosophy - it has died. We no longer even know what are the relevant questions that NEED to be articulated - the necessary drive, the need has lapsed into our unconscious. Perhaps if this need is regenerated in schools we may make some progress. Otherwise we will continue to learn and teach only data and information about smarter machines while we ourselves become dumber, but fooling ourselves that we are 'evolving' and that we can easily prove this.
" We have learned the answers, all the answers: It is the questions that we do not know." ..Archibald MacLeish
The first step in Philosophy is to have the necessary curiosity and the constant needling feeling that there are fundamental and perennial questions that haven't even been sufficiently articulated, much less an attempt made to find answers for.Sep 12 2012: I do believe that Philosophy should be implemented into the high school curriculum. It is beneficial to the students in the sense of all the skills they obtain, analytically, critically, and logically, in addition it promotes a certain freedom of expression and of thought. If philosophy was tied into other not so popular subjects such as math, history, and science I believe it would promote a growth in interest of these subjects that extend beyond the classroom. I myself am a senior at my high school and although we do cover philosophical movements in the language art classes we have I do not believe it is enough. The students of today are the innovators of tomorrow. How are we to, as a human race, grow and learn if we keep the next generation in the darkness that is so prevalent in society today; raised like calf for veal to the corporate fat cats? I believe that the only drawbacks are the tools given would not be used and that is the biggest travesty we all face in our daily lives, but it is a matter of free will, which we have in any condition to exercise.Sep 12 2012: It may be a bit much in high school unless it can be integrated into other subjects. IT is important to know HOW/WHY we know what we know in any given enterprise.Sep 9 2012: When people want to add to the high school curriculum I always wonder what would we take out to make time. Its true that philosophy is good for promoting critical thinking, skepticism, and providing a history of though that led us to where we are. But should we give up math, physics, history, english, or PE?
Perhaps it can be incorporated into other subjects, like history, or even science. Philosophy touches on a lot of subjects because there often philosophical roots specific areas of study.
Its good to have it as an option for interested students, but I don't know if it should be mandatory. I remember my high school schedule being pretty full.
Sep 9 2012: lol fair enough
we shouldn't give up math, physics, history, English, or PE.
But philosophy needs to be mandatory even if students' schedule is full.
There must be a way to teach students philophy without giving up other major subjects.
It just doesn't always need to be intense. Only for common sense could be enough.
It sounds like math, physics and such things are essential and practical ones and philosophy is just minor and academic one.
Am I misunderstood?
I do respect and understand what you mean, but I think learning philosophy should also be prioritized.Sep 9 2012: I'm thinking that Henry is wondering if there is any utility or pragmatic application of philosophy. This appears especially germaine these days in light of discussions about the value of a college education (ie, traditional four year, humanities/ liberal arts education without any direct job skills attached). And even in the so-called "core curriculum" that are expected of all graduates from four year institutions. Those need to be paid for and do add on to the overall tuitions. One could ask if there is any intrinsic value to those courses when they may not be directly applicable to one's ultimate career interests (I think they are valuable, by the way, but I can see the other side of the argument).Sep 7 2012: I didn't know it was a "dead" science. In fact, I wasn't aware that it was a science at all.
scott lee
Sep 9 2012: Historically, science is a branch of philosophy. So you are right, it doesn't make sense to say that philosophy is a science, just as it makes no sense to say that a dish is a plate. A plate is a dish, and science is a philosophy.Sep 3 2012: I'm a high school senior taking my second college level philosophy class while still in high school. I became interested in philosophy around my freshman year and my sophomore year took an independent study in the subject. I would say it should be a must for high schools, not only because of the knowledge it teaches in morals, metaphysics, and so on but because of it's argument skills. I see too many of my class mates writing weak papers or making weak arguments when we have debates or discussion groups in classes. Their arguments are full of fallacies, always begging the question, ad ignoratum, ad hominem, red herring, and simple mistakes of form. So high school students often have weak argument making skills and when they have to write their first college paper it doesn't go very well. If high school had philosophy as part of the curriculum things would be much better off.Sep 3 2012: I believe on a very general level, Philosophy must be taught. A central idea behind Philosophy is that of questioning and analyzing. Personally, Philosophy has given me an acute sense of conversational direction and the ability to see to the core of a problem. Through the Descartes method of stripping something to the barest beginning, we can learn how something builds upon something else, and thereby delve into its underpinnings, increase problem solving skills, and facilitate innovations. Learning the Socratic method of questioning also has many benefits in expanding ideas and creating fuller understanding. I'll stop there with specifics but Philosophy in general, at the very least, is an excellent exercise in the adaptation and executive functioning of the brain. Without the ability to question on an intricate level, as Mankind, we would be a terrible loss. Needless to reaffirm, I am completing for the subject of Philosophy being taught in schools today.Sep 2 2012: I have taught college English, Public Speaking, Sociology, and Economics.
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The average public high school graduate has a problem speaking academic English and doing basic mathematics. That being the case, they are far from being equipped for dealing with the intellectual rigors of philosophy.
A voucher system might address that shortfall.
jimAug 29 2012: It seems to me that someone can usefully do some research here. Philosophy was being taught in a few State run primary schools in Queensland Australia, (started at East Brisbane) ten years ago and about six years ago I went to a discussion on its effectiveness; It seemed to be good and very exciting, although I haven't followed the subject further until now. My recollection is that the teachers are/were a major the limiting factor to wider application. Most primary school teachers are/were not suitable to teach philosophy , as many had wrong ideas themselves. From the replies in this forum, it seems that philosophy is being taught also in some other countries around the world. A review of their results would be very interesting. Additional comments: some students will be very interested in the subject; some/many will not, and their mind set is probably permanent; different individuals respond to different things, so don't expect widespread excitement; philosophy is not for everyone. I myself love philosophical thinking, but my wife doesn't get excited by it one iota; But then sport seems a great waste of time and effort, but for many people it's the light of their life.Aug 25 2012: Critical thinking, the basis of philosophy, transcends every single aspect of life, and thus school, and should thus be a mandatory class at some point in secondary school. It is a tool which everyone uses on a daily basis. To teach methods of using this tool more effectively would at the very least serve to improve the lives of all students. The greatest challenge consists of convincing students about the importance and relevance of this subject in their everyday lives, no matter their ambitions and endeavours.Aug 24 2012: Short answer is yes, philosophy should be a topic in high school.
I'm of the belief that philosophy can't be taught. Philosophy can only be explored (preferably with a guide).
I agree with the quote in Marija's entry below (don't teach what to think, teach how to think)... I take it to mean that we cannot be TAUGHT philosophy; we can be SHOWN philosophy, and with the right guide, philosophy can open the door to a mind that will push its' limits (the mind's limits and the limits of thought).
The problem in high school is that in so many subjects, we teach our students (rightfully so). In philosophy, it's not the teacher who makes the impression, it's the thought (that makes the impression) on the young mind. It's hard to accept that philosophy is not the "topic", it's the vehicle, which comes in many different "makes" and "models". Using that vehicle, we navigate the rest of life.
Happy trails!
Aug 24 2012: I agree that philosophy should be taught at a high school level. I'm currently a high school student in British Columbia, Canada and as far as humanities courses go, we only have one: psychology. Other courses touch on a few humanity related topics but as far as a whole course goes, that's all our school board is giving us currently. For me personally, it doesn't make sense to give students so much "learning" content when they haven't even taught us how to truly think. Philosophy, and humanities in general, are a much needed topic in high schools if we hope to usher in the next generation as a generation of change makers.Aug 24 2012: How can philosophy be dead, when it's the ground for every human thought?
Recently I've seen a poster saying- Don't teach WHAT to think, teach HOW to think!
So, yes, it should be in every high school and university curriculum, in some form, to teach young minds how to doubt!Aug 24 2012: To me, philosophy is what helps us think beyond our genetic restraints. Many people are bound by action due to biological circuitry, and do not seek to break their programming. Philosophy is that spirit which allows us to go "Wait a minute, I can change, I can make choices beyond my genetic programming."
By the way, most philosophy I have read has been about self-journeying to reach a higher state of consciousness. But is there a realm of philosophy that promotes "evil"?Aug 23 2012: Philosophy should be taught but in a way such that it should be as fun as playing games.... which is quite a challenge...Aug 21 2012: You answered your own question.Aug 20 2012: Yeah very true... well said JG... Also people tend to do wrong things even after they are aware that it is wrong.. It could be due to greed for quick fame and money... :) people don't see the long life ahead... they do not think that I can die any moment and I'll be buried with open hands..! They don't think that if they contribute to the world in a positive way, they would be much happier when they look back at their life before death ! Such thoughts can be dealt only with a dedicated course like Philosophy I guess... ;)
can I get your Facebook ID such that I can keep in touch with you...Nyc talking to you... Do good n be Good !! Take care ! :)Aug 20 2012: Philosophy is dangerous. Left in the hands of dilletantes could do a lot of harm to everybody..
Aug 23 2012: what did you call me? i do a lot of reading and i love philosephy.Aug 20 2012: There is a lot of hidden talent that isn't being tapped or even discovered within the school system and as a result, certain students are dismissed with the belief that they are simply "challenged." Most kids who don't "fit in" fall into that category because they think differently. Offering Philosophy could have a very positive outcome in that respect. On the other hand, it's possible that some kids could be labeled as a "possible threat" based on the themes they choose, etc. This could lead to some profiling problems and become dangerous for the teens involved. For example: if a kid writes about a violent end to civilization, does that mean that he/she wants to help it happen or see it happen--or maybe it's just a fear or paranoia about it? If they're excited about it, there's always the possibility that they're searching for a way to prove they can be heroes. As with most good ideas; in the wrong hands they can do just as much harm.Aug 20 2012: Perhaps rather than philosophy a greater emphasis may be placed on history. Through the study of history students may be encouraged to understand the source of their own values and beliefs which have been propogated through their understanding of history. By promoting alternate approaches to our history we can then approach our own personal philosophy from differing perspectives through an understanding of the influences on our personal beliefs.Aug 20 2012: I think that we all need to think deeply about ceratint topics or events, in certain moments of our life, or about what to do, or where we are coming from or going to. In my opinion, that's philosophy (passion for knowledge).Aug 20 2012: Generally, students these days have such a myopic view of the world. Outside of friends, facebook, and twitter, there is not much else worth living for. Teaching philosophy in high school would give students a safe environment to learn how to think and discover themselves through their opinions. I'd be few teenagers would be able to tell you why they believe in certain political philosophies outside of them being parallel to their parent's views. Philosophy could change that by showing students the fundamentals of thought and knowledge, helping them to learn about past independent thinkers, and reveling to them a new lens with which to view the world .Aug 20 2012: If the aim of teaching philosophy in high school is to develop crucial skills a student can use to apply his / her knowledge to better understand the world around them, then I believe it far too late to have any great effect. These skills will not be a natural process unless a conscious effort is made to use them outside their academic environment.
The skills that come from studying philosophy such as better communication skills, better critical thinking skills, and better reasoning skills should begin in grade school and throughout their elementary school years. The degree young children can be expected comprehend the world around them is of course very limited by their knowledge and experience, but they can still relate and interact within their confined little world. Their knowledge and experience will expand with maturity and further (academic) learning. By the time these children reach their formative years, these skills should be close to second nature in their learning process. Adding philosophy to the high school curriculum at this point would serve to further strengthen these skills to further be applied in all aspects of their continued learning beyond their high school years.Aug 19 2012: Haha... Good question JG...!
Well, righteous thinking according to me is connecting your objectives in life to social goodness. Everything you do should add value to others around you in a positive way :) ... Did I answer your question Jeremy..?Aug 18 2012: Well Science Art or Geography does not teach students about righteous thinking. Students would not take righteous actions unless they are aware of its goodness. Philosophy should be made a mandatory subject so as to make them aware about the general righteous actions followed around the world.
Arjun Soman
MBA candidate
Aug 18 2012: What is righteous thinking?Aug 20 2012: Arjun, I believe on very fundamental principalities of each of those topics you may be right. I see your side of the fence very clearly now. Here is what I think we should do with each of these disciplines of science not only give a student the principle knowledge but also show them real world positive actions that each student can understand show students the information and then show them the positive actions and negative actions this imformation can have i.e A neuton is captured by Uranium- 235 which in turn briefly turns Uranium- 235 into the highly excited molecule Uranium-236. The Uranium-236 moleculle has fissioned resulting into two fission partiicules Ba-141 and Kr-92 and three more neutrons which in turn cause more and more fission states which release a enormous amount of kinetic energy... Pure information right the foundation of a nuclear reaction... but also show a student the negative outcomes.... the nuclear bomb, Hiroshima, and cheronbyl ... and so on then show them the positives as well like nuclear power plants ran responsibly producing light and heat to millions of people ... see we need to show them both the positives soo they can strive to obtain them as well as the negatives so they can learn from them and learn how not to cause them... see the students need both sides of a subject to truly understand it as for righteous thinking I believe that all humans are righteous when they are born after that the world can make them good or bad... we need better mom's and dad's to lay down a strong foundation for righteous thinking upon which teachers can build uponAug 17 2012: I thought on this topic quite a bit and what if that is what we are already doing.... what if philosophy is already being taught under a different name in school.... Kindergarten...Aug 17 2012: It would help children learn better communication skills and the ability to question the world around them based on their perception's and understanding and not someone else's...Aug 16 2012: Not sure if we want to teach people to use logic and think and be exposed to some of the great questions of life, the universe and everything. What sort of society might we have then. This might lead to an outburst of critical thinking.
Could completely destroy contemporary Western Society. Think about the damage to vested interest.
What a dangerous idea.


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From Punk News:
"Controversial professor and spoken word artist Ward Churchill has booked a speaking engagement in Winnipeg this weekend.
Churchill was pulled into the national spotlight after an essay he published following the World Trade Center attacks, where he referred to the victims as "technocrats" and "little Eichmanns." As a result of these comments, and a campaign by right-wing pundit Bill O'Reilly, Churchill was threatened and his career put in jeopardy.
He had originally been scheduled to appear at the University of Winnipeg, but his appearance was canceled. G7 has asked Churchill to deliver the keynote address at the Fort Garry Lectures in History V, Annual Graduate Student Conference on Friday, April 27th (admission is free). His presentation is entitled Kill the Indian, Save the Man: U.S. and Canadian Residential Schools in Context. The event will take place at Rudolph Rocker Cultural Centre at 91 Albert St."
Local alt.weekly S.F. Weekly says:
First, Pansy Division is playing with The Avengers (yes, THAT Avengers!) and Southern Girls (featuring ex-PD guitar hero Patrick), for the first time in more than a year! It's all happening Saturday April 21st at the Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco. It's 21+ and not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but you can get tickets at the Cafe Du Nord website.
2. Pansy Division is going into the studio to lay down a few new tunes! It's unclear where these will eventually end up, but rest assured they'll be rockin' a few of them @ the 4/21 show in Frisco.
It begins: "Iraq's postwar oil bonanza remains a mirage. The country has the second- or third-largest reserves in the world, making petroleum the heart and vast bulk of its economy. Thus in March 2003 did Paul Wolfowitz assure Congress that Iraq would "finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." American planners predicted that Iraq's oil production would triple to a feverish 6 million barrels per day by 2010.
Instead war, corruption, sectarian slaughter and a massive crime wave have reduced the country's once mighty petroleum sector to an industrial zombie: still ambulatory, functional but essentially dead."
You will have to sign into the Nation's site or pick up a newstand copy to read the rest. It's well worth it!
Lynnee Breedlove needs your help to put this bundle of insanity out into the world. Please donate and get cool thank you gifts! It's like giving to community/college radio, except you may get a bag of sex toys instead of some stupid coffee mug!
Tribe 8 music on AT? Of course- surf on over to here, here, here,
and here, and don't forget about the great Tribe 8 documentary!
The band was scheduled to play a benefit for environmental and animal rights activist Daniel Mcgowen this Thursday and with Citizen Fish and Witch Hunt this Saturday. The band is promising to find a new venue for the Saturday show, and that information is expected soon.
From Leftover Crack's Myspace page:
"The NYPD & LOC. To protect & serve the censorship of punk rock.
Heads up. Apparently the NYPD cheif of police & the working stiff racist self-serving pigs of this corrupt murdering plunger-raping poice department have decided that if Leftover Crack is allowed to practice free-speech in the city of New york, they will threaten to shut down the venues that harbor our concerts. We only speak & sing about killing cops. This does not cotton to the "freedom" espoused by these pigs as the american way of life they claim to defend. Have you seen the billboards reading "support our troops at home and abroad" with a photo of a menacing army fatigue wearing baby-killer as well as one of our very own home-town pigs. What this billboard implies is that besides our "enemies" overseas, there is a war against the citizens of this country & the troops are the police that your tax-paying dollar supports. these blue-uniformed soldiers are our enemies & one day you will call them to report your neighbors loud music playing and the next day they will kick in your front door under the usual false pretenses. And when you have a bullet in your head because you were reaching for your standard identification card you'll be lucky if these fuckers even apologize to your loved ones. because after all, they were only following their standard procedures of shoot first ask the dead body questions later.
Check out the brand new Leftover Crack/Citizen Fish split on AT/Fat.
Mailorder was closed this past week because I was in New Orleans for my first Mardi Gras (here's a shout-out to the Krewe de la Mort and Karen of WTUL!) and first visit to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. I'd been to NOLA a bunch in the 90s, but nothing prepared me for the devastation in both rich and poor neighborhoods and business districts throughout the flooded areas. It's shameful that it's been a year and a half and miles of the city are either uninhabited or lightly inhabited. The fact that our President didn't even mention New Orleans in January's State of the Union address is reason enough to impeach the motherfucker!
s a new item that says it all. East New Orleans is a swampy area within New Orleans city limits. From the 2/20/07 issue of New Orlean's alternative weekly Gambit Weekly:
A citywide search led by New Orleans firefighters ended in June. Estimates by both Orleans Coroner Dr. Frank Minyard and State Medical Examiner Dr. Louis Cataldie put Katrina's death toll in Louisiana above 1,500. But, during a November budget hearing at City Hall, Minyard told the City Council that the Michoud area had not yet been canvassed. In December, Gagliano said the search for remains would resume after the holidays. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), which clashed with the city over funding issues tied to previous searches, is not involved in the proposed search of the Michoud area, says Gagliano."
Sorry for any delay! We will be open as usual for mailorder during SXSW week. Rock on!

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The Art of a Warrior Tribe
Friday, 6th Apr 2012
The Gildar Gallery in Denver, Colorado is offering a candid look at the West Coast punk scene through a selection of photographs by Richard Peterson - a former photographer for cult San Francisco punk zine Search and Destroy. Having gained unrivalled access to many of the scene's most notorious luminaries including Iggy Pop, the Avengers and the Weirdos; curator Adam Lerner notes that "Peterson is interested in much more than rockers on a stage. He captured the scene, the world that surrounded the musicians, with an eye to what made it enchanted and unexpected."
Iggy Pop by Richard Peterson, 1978
The Weirdos by Richard Peterson, 1977
The Avengers by Richard Peterson, 1978
Whilst the origin of punk has often been disputed, it is thought that the movement emerged in the mid 1970's in major cities in the US, UK and Australia. Born as a reaction to what was seen as a return in dominant culture of conspicuous consumerism, punk quickly spread, primarily through the medium of music, to other regions around the world promoting nonconformity and a DIY ethic. While much of American punk history has focused on East Coast scenes particularly in New York City, a wholly unique form of punk emerged with fervour across the country in San Francisco and Los Angeles. These California punks, while aware and influenced by their long distance counterparts, drew upon their immediate surroundings to develop a wholly identifiable look, sound and vision.
The Art of a Warrior Tribe captures this DIY ethic with Peterson's photographs supported by objects created by visual artists, musicians, and writers who the photographer has identified as deeply influential to him. Contributions span from major art world figures like Bruce Connor, to musicians turned visual artists like Moritz Reichelt, Penelope Houston (Avengers), David J (Bauhaus), Fritz Fox (Mutants), Steven Thomsen (Monitor) and Jeff Raphael (The Nuns).
Richard Peterson and the Art of a Warrior Tribe will run from now until 21st April 2012.
Gildar Gallery, 82 S. Broadway, Denver, CO 80209. Click HERE for further info.


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Maybe the post was saved, Zlip. I thought I had to rewrite my original post from scratch but Neowin saved a copy.
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Bullets From The Top Event on Cognitive Radio DySPAN 2011
The International Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) symposium has emerged as the preeminent event to gather international economists, engineers, network architects, researchers and academic scholars together to share cutting edge research on and demonstrations of emerging wireless technology. DySPAN has since 2005 had a major influence on policy and technology research and development in the United States, Europe and Asia. The following bullets summarizes my key takeaways from DySPAN 2011:
- Much focus was on TV White Spaces (TVWS). Studies on available TVWS channels in different regions was presented, and there seems to be a lot. The correctness of TVWS database estimations with different path loss models was presented by Ranveer Chandra from Microsoft by comparing with sensing results. None of the path models tested gave false positives, thought the accurateness of the path loss model is crucial for maximizing spectrum utilization. Furthermore, Victor Bahl from Microsoft also presented their TVWS network trials. Bahl stated that Microsoft and Google are enemies when it comes to search, but they are in bed together when it comes to TVWS because both want to provide connectivity to everyone to best extent possible. Overall, TVWS seems to be accepted by the DySPAN community.
- Douglas Sicker from FCC presented the Spectrum Dashboard which also can be considered a tool to find available spectrum bands in the US. He also emphasized the importance of internationalization and encouraged a global market for dynamic spectrum access. He sends the message to DySPAN to work on this issue.
- David Cleevely presented analysis of the value per MHz versus technology and concluded that unlicensed spectrum generates more value than licensed spectrum! Furthermore, he concludes that femtocells will revolutionize the mobile industry.
- Krishan Sabnani from Bell Labs talked about spectrum virtualization and that a spectrum server is the final thing. He wants to use practices from virtualization in data computing. Base stations can be virtualized and run in the cloud.
- Pierre De Vries presented a paper where he propose that operating rights should be articulated using transmission permissions and reception protections, defined probabilistically (the Three Ps). Such a policy would remove the zero tolerance of interference limit violation and ease the introduction of dynamic spectrum access.
- Martin Weiss presented a paper where he focuses on the importance for the emergent regulatory policies to explicitly consider the requirements of secondary users, which not has been done yet because the secondary users not exists in meaningful number nor does they have any clear application. Furthermore he proposes to address this by explicitly consider the impact of the spatiotemporal properties of spectrum holes on the use decision by potential secondary users.
- Mitola is worried about commercializing the white space databases since he doubts that we can trust the commercial sector?
- In a panel about business perspectives on dynamic spectrum access, the urge of testbeds on white spaces was stressed by many. From an operators perspective Berna Sayrac from France Telecom mention that cognitive radio is much more than dynamic and opportunistic spectrum access, but that it can be used to manage our spectrum more efficiently. From a vendor perspective Lasse Wieweg from Ericsson mention that the most important for them is economy of scale, hence spectrum should be harmonized and he would like to see regulators worldwide to agree with each other and coordinate. He also states: do not be afraid of the higher bands such as 3.5 and 4.2 GHz.


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So I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and it's, for the most part, an accurate adaptation of the last half of the last book.
In some ways this isn't a good thing.
First of all, in the sixth book (there will by many, many spoilers by the way) The Sorting Hate hints at how all four houses must come together to fight Lord Voldemort, hinting that most of Slytherin will join Harry and his friends in a big climactic battle.
This doesn't happen in the movie OR the book. This may sound strange at first, but then I remember hearing that J.K. absolutely refused to hire any editors for her last book and good lord does it show in terms of continuity! Instead, every. single. student that's a Slytherin is shown to be unambiguously evil and more than willing to turn Harry over to Voldemort. In a series that's unmistakably about how terrible racism is that's pretty terrible. Look, I know that The Sorting Hat sorts students according to personality and not race or blood or whatever, I can accept that...except when The Sorting Hat specifically said 'All four houses should come together!'. I mean, why even say that when you KNOW that everyone in Slytherin loves Voldemort? Unless, of course, J.K. messed up in a huge way...a huge way that could have been avoided with, say it with me,
The movie does the exact same thing because it absolutely refuses to seperate itself from the source material, even making it worse by sending everyone in Slytherin to a dungeon...even though in the movie only one person from Slytherin says she wants to turn Harry over to Voldemort...and the rest of Slytherin just kind of shuffles awkwardly...and the guy running the dungeon would love nothing more than to torture people.
You really have to feel for the poor people forced into following material that was in terrible need of a few
Also, remember how Dumbledore had this huge subplot in the seventh book about how he's kind of a b****** and explains why he's dying? Not in the movie at all except, for some reason, he's still just sort of dying. Not really mad about that, it's just a weird decision. If I were making the movies I'd just have Dumbledore not be dying (since I'd have to remove the explanation for it anyway) and tell Snape to kill him so that Malfoy wouldn't have to: not only does it not hurt the story in any way but we now don't have the audience going "Umm...why is his hand like that? What is he dying of? ...never gonna explain that, then?"
Luckily, the movie did two things much, much, much better than the book. For one thing Voldermort and Harry don't have a terrible, takes-you-right-out-of-the-final-climactic-battle-of-the-series, discussion about whether or not Harry Potter is, in fact, a Gary Stu. The writers for the movie realized that having your main villain sound like a whiny a**hat talking about which Trek Captain is the best (Picard, by the way). For two, Harry's adopted son doesn't have My Little Pony hair (FiM is awesome by the way).
Also, hilariously, Harry's son worries about being in Slytherin, just like in the book! Harry's response should have been "Well son, when J.K. wrote this epilogue years ago the whole 'being in Slytherin is okay' thing would have paid off in some significant way...buuuuut because she didn't hire editors to follow up on continuity I set up in book six and the entire d*** premise of the series then you'd better pray to high heaven you don't end up as an evil, evil Slytherin!"
So the movie was okay, but needed to get rid of some of the stupidity of the book it was based on.


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Aside from the Geneva motor show and Top Gear Series 19, we've been a bit starved of car events so far this year. This has left us pondering life's challenging questions. What's another word for synonym? Sour Cream or Original?
Luckily, we've just received dispatches from the deep fried side of the Atlantic. Specifically, the 2013 Amelia Island concourse, held last weekend in Florida, and bringing it with the usual compliment of more than 300 blisteringly expensive and rare cars.
This year, AIC celebrated four 50th anniversaries - the Ford GT40's (13 racers were on show representing each evolution), Porsche 911's, Corvette Stingray's and Lamborghini's. But that didn't stop some other really rare-groove stuff turning up - click on and see if you can spot the one-of-three Fascinations, a weird, Jetsonsy thing inspired by the space age.
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Re: "Korn is for 10 year olds to listen to"
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"I am curious about something, and maybe some current Korn fans can illuminate my dark, dark ignorance. See, when I was 10 years old, I thought Korn were fucking amazing. The heaviest, most insane band on Earth, and they really spoke to me emotionally. I too hated my parents, my school, my town... they were are shit head fuckers who didn't understand me. However, as I got older, I realized I was just being a stupid fucking kid. My parents were(and are) amazing, my town wasn't great but I didn't have to stay, and school was awesome. However, I find that people who have moved passed puberty still like Korn, well into their 20's and beyond. My question: what about Korn do you find appealing past the age of 14 or so? The music is clearly geared to very young people both stylistically and lyrically, so what is the appeal? At 20 something years old, do you still hate your parents and wear black all day?"
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RE: Re: "Korn is for 10 year olds to listen to"
Can you ever imagine not being into metal? Of course not! And that's why you and most of your friends will still be listening to metal when you're in your 60s or 70s or whatever. Of course, you'll get into other stuff along the way, but metal will always be in your heart and that's why we'll have more and more older Korn fans in the future - much in the same way that dudes in their 50s or 60s still love Black Sabbath, for example.
This form of music is not an old enough genre to have a whole lot of fans past the age of, say, 40 or so yet. There are some, of course, but when Korn first appeared on the scene almost 20 years ago this new genre came into being properly. The average fan was probably anywhere between 14 and 18 and those people will now be in their 30s, most of whom will also probably still be into the band. Let's face it, once you're into metal you never lose it. So, yes, it initially appealed mostly to the younger audience and while it still does I would imagine there's a lot more of the older generation of metalheads into the band these days. Reaching a broader spectrum agewise.
It's the same with death and black metal, only to more of an extent because they're slightly older genres than nu-metal. That's why you see such a mix of age groups at those sort of shows - from 16 year olds to people in their 40s. Those genres are old enough now that the people who first got into the bands back in the day when they were 15 are now in their 30s and 40s etc. And, since we never lose our metal heart - regardless of genre - the next 10 and 20 years etc will see more and more older metal fans. The random 'old' dude that you see at shows now and again these days will become a lot more common in the future. You can already see it at shows. The members of Korn are in their 40s now as it is. A bright future for metal, methinks, for all age groups
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Can you ever imagine not being into metal?
RE: Re: "Korn is for 10 year olds to listen to"
I suppose that initial sentence of mine was aimed at people for which metal isn't just a passing fad.
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As you read my post, please imagine it consists of better, less repetitive sentences than it actually contains. Thank you.
RE: Re: "Korn is for 10 year olds to listen to"
Thought your post reads great Abdul. Totally agree, by the way - it's more how Korn actually sound that has always caught my attention, too
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I suppose that initial sentence of mine was aimed at people for which metal isn't just a passing fad.
Or for people who seemingly deify what is essentially just vibrations of air.
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I suppose that initial sentence of mine was aimed at people for which metal isn't just a passing fad.
Passing fad?
I can understand how you fail to see any other way. You are obviously very enthusiastic about your metal, which is great, but you need to keep in mind that as you age and experience different things you will change as a person and that can also result in a change in musical taste.
I used to listen to all the nu metal stuff and very little else, yet 10 years later I can honestly say that I can't listen to even one song. You can't really call it a 'passing fad' because that assumes that you change your taste very quickly. For me it wasn't a quick change; it was a long gradual drift from one genre to others.
I still enjoy metal and I'm still as big a NIN fan as I ever was, but my love of metal has diversified onto other things. I can easily imagine a day when I even find NIN to be impossible to listen to. Maybe it wont happen any time soon, but in ten years I may well reject metal completely in favour of something entirely different.
Music tends to accompany the type of life and mind frame you exist in and as that changes so does the music.
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I'm 57 years old. I have been a fan of Korn since about 1994. There have been albums that I wasn't crazy about but others that I loved. Unlike the die hard, old school fans, I appreciate that Korn has always tried new things which give the fans something to look forward to and keeps their music fresh. The world is dynamic and music must be dynamic, too. I believe that they have achieved this with The Path to Totality which I really enjoy...so much so that I am going to my first Korn concert in Knoxville on April 30. I'll be the one up in the center balcony with the silver hair.
But back to your question...why would I still listen to Korn. I don't find that the lyrics are geared to very young people. I find that many of the songs are representative of how someone can feel at any stage of their life based on how life has treated them. It really doesn't have anything to do with hating your parents...maybe more with hating your circumstances. Wait until you get a few decades on you. Maybe you will begin to understand. I suppose that I can only give the answer that represents me...old people have angst, too! And, besides, how can you resist that bass?
RE: Re: "Korn is for 10 year olds to listen to"
Cool post and spot on about how Korn can relate to all ages


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The '62 Corvette is a lot of things. It's a "first and last" car-the first year for the 327, the last year for the C1 platform. It's the most-seen C1, as its production total of 14,531 was the most for the first-gen Vette. It also makes an ideal platform for a resto-mod, like the one seen here.
Built by Clute, Texas' Street Rod Concepts, this '62 is now gracing Loria Select Motors in Fern Park, Florida (near Orlando). At first look, you'd think it's only received a new set of wheels and tires. Then you notice the hoodscoop. Then you notice the exhaust outlets just aft of the doors. Then you realize this is no re-shod stocker.
It's an eye-grabber now, but the only attention it got before builder Rik King started on it was about how rough it was. "That car was a basket case. It was pretty bad," he says. "I sold the original frame to a gentleman in Wisconsin who had a '62 Vette with a frame that was rusted out."
As King's Street Rod Concepts shop in Clute, Texas, (near Houston) is a dealer for Art Morrison and Heidt's, the chassis choice was clear. King says, "I bought that frame from Art Morrison without a front end or rear end on it. We put Heidt's independent rear suspension in back. we had that made the narrowest they could make it so I could get the big wheels under it. In the front, a Mustang II-type Heidt's Super Ride independent front suspension went in, with the center crossmember bowed so the engine fit better."
When King says engine, it's not an original '62 mill, not by a long shot. There's a 427ci Merlin small-block between the framerails, wearing period-correct script valve covers, and a Hilborn fuel-injection setup that combines the look of the original mechanical system with modern EFI technology. It's bolted to a Long-shifted Richmond Gear six-speed manual gearbox, with a 3.70 Posi out back.
The body received as much, if not more, attention as the chassis. New fenders and quarters replaced the original pieces, and a new rear valence sporting six taillights also went in. The new bodywork also included ultra-wide rear wheelwells made from hand-fabricated steel masters that molds were pulled from; then fiberglass tubs were made from the molds and 'glassed in. The new bodywork, combined with the narrowed Heidt's suspension, fits today's wide wheels and tires without the flat-wheels-to-the-fender-line look that many resto-modded C1s have. "I wanted to do it where the wheels were tucked in, and you had some backspacing in 'em to where it didn't look like a C4 or C5 suspension, but looked period-correct," says King. "I was going for that mean look, that street look, that resto-rod look."
One element of that look that wasn't in the original plan is the scoop over the Hilborn's injector stacks and air cleaners. King says the wife of the original owner, who commissioned the build, and he had a difference of opinion over the hole cut in the hood. Kings relates, "She walked up to it and looked at it, and said, 'I don't like that.' I said, 'What do you mean you don't like that-that looks wonderful.' She said, 'I don't want to see that stuff while I'm driving it.' I said, 'What do you want?' She replied, 'Some kind of a hoodscoop.'" Along with the scoop, King and his crew added a perforated stainless steel insert in the scoop's opening, as well as on several other locations around the car for a different kind of resto-mod look.
Inside, there's a custom-fabbed console by Street Rod Concepts that holds the Long shifter, Vintage Air HVAC control panel, stereo head unit, and two cove-shaped A/C ducts. There's also a set of one-off Classic Industries gauges in the stock dash openings, and a pair of refashioned stock seats. That was done by a company in Kemah, Texas, (between Galveston and Houston on I-45) named Rivera Services. They did the design on the inside of the new fiberglass door panels to match the outside coves.


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Dinners at the Farm: Celebrating the Land
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On summer evenings in Connecticut, a farmer's field transforms into an elegant harvest-to-plate dining experience. "To work all day in this beautiful field, with food grown right here …" chef Jonathan Rapp tells guests, "… there's no more glorious place to be."
A rumble of laughter rises from the tent at White Gate Farm.
A handful of people lounge around a table, picking at the last of the bruschetta and passing around half-empty bottles of San Pellegrino. The Connecticut sun is hot, and this meal is a welcome pause in a long workday. But their boss interrupts their banter with a quick look at his clipboard. "Duck breast," says Jonathan Rapp, turning to his second-in-command, a young chef named Thomas Peterlik. "When do we want to sear up the duck breast?"
The table quiets down as the conversation turns back to business. Everyone knows that this lunch is their last break before a night of work that will likely stretch into the early morning. And if Rapp is less jovial than the rest, it's because tonight he must perform a very difficult magic trick: In a single evening, he will conjure a four-star restaurant from a field of crickets and wild grasses.
The matter-of-factly named "Dinners at the Farm" series began four years ago when Rapp, chef and owner of the acclaimed River Tavern in Chester, Connecticut, and co-founders Chip Dahlke and Drew McLachlan envisioned bringing fine dining right to the fields. "We wanted to cook directly at the source," Rapp explains. "We didn't have lofty intentions." Though Dahlke and McLachlan have both moved on to other projects, Rapp has continued to expand on the original idea. He now produces 16 dinners throughout the growing season at two Connecticut farms: here at White Gate in East Lyme and at Barberry Hill in Madison. As always, the menu changes to highlight whatever fare is fresh that day. And Rapp now shares the proceeds with three like-minded organizations: CitySeed, the Connecticut Farmland Trust, and the Working Lands Alliance.
Rapp, whose sturdy frame and tanned arms make him appear more farmer than chef, starts his day long before his 170 guests arrive, usually by picking up that day's produce, plus fresh bread from the bakery at the Copper Beech Inn, ducks sourced from a one-woman operation called Soeltl Farm, and locally caught fish from Gambardella's or Stonington Seafood Harvesters. "As cooks, we're very in touch with where our food comes from," Rapp says. "People leave these dinners excited; chances are next weekend they might think twice about going to the supermarket, and they'll go to their local farmers' market instead."
With lunch put away, Rapp's small army of chefs kicks into action. Rapp climbs atop his mobile kitchen–a converted 1955 firetruck outfitted with a six-burner stove and a grill–while Peterlik takes command of the rest of the staff in the prep tent. A generator roars to life, and burners are hooked up to portable propane tanks. Everyone's attention turns to chopping, pureeing, boiling, and seasoning. The jokes and banter thin out as the sun begins to sink.
The first guests arrive just before dusk. They're a mixed bunch, apparently unable to agree on the proper attire; some are dressed for the farm and others for the dinner. Among the visitors are a young threesome who look as though they've just trained up from SoHo; a retired Connecticut couple in chinos; and a group of women enjoying a girls' night out in mud boots.
The white wooden fence throws long shadows across the lane as the guests stroll past White Gate's artfully designed farm stand. To their left, a neatly manicured lawn flows over low hills, and freshly painted barns reflect the last of the day's light. It's impossibly idyllic–and a clear sign that this small, organic operation was chosen as much for its beauty as for the quality of its vegetables.
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Montreal Canadiens (23-14-4) at Dallas Stars (20-12-7), 8:30 p.m.
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Dallas Stars will try to extend their season-high seven-game point streak on Thursday night as they welcome a Montreal Canadiens club that is closing out a six-game road trip.
The Stars have gone 5-0-2 over their last seven games and have also picked up a point in each of their past five contests at home. They are 4-0-1 in that span and play the fourth contest of a five-game residency tonight.
Dallas got second-period goals from Tyler Seguin and Erik Cole in a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, while Kari Lehtonen came up with 23 saves.
Seguin's 20th goal of the season came on the power play, while Cole added a first-period goal on the man advantage as well. Jamie Benn had two assists.
"We were as solid as we could be," said Dallas head coach Lindy Ruff. "You are going to have to give us some opportunities. I think we gave up one other one where they hit the post but I thought we still played and moved the puck well."
Dallas played without forward Ray Whitney due to illness and he is questionable for tonight.
Montreal has gone 2-2-1 on its road trip, but failed to hold a three-goal lead in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime setback to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.
The Canadiens led 3-0 going into the third period, but saw the Hurricanes score four straight, including a pair of power-play goals 37 seconds apart early in the third.
P.K. Subban tied the game for Montreal on a power-play goal of his own to force overtime, but Carolina's Alexander Semin notched the winner at 3:27 of the extra frame.
Max Pacioretty scored twice and Lars Eller also scored for the Canadiens, who got 37 saves by Carey Price.
"The penalties caught up with us because they got some power-play goals and it gave them life," said Eller.
Pacioretty has a club-high 17 goals on the season and on Wednesday was named to the U.S. Olympic team for the upcoming 2014 Games in Russia.
The Canadiens took the first of two meetings between the clubs this season with a 2-1 decision at home on Oct. 29. However, the Stars are 5-1-0 with a tie in their last seven at home versus the Habs.
Price made 26 saves in the earlier win over the Stars, improving to 3-3-0 with a 2.84 goals against average in six career meetings.
Lehtonen ended with 22 stops and in his career versus the Habs is 7-5-1 with a 2.42 GAA and two shutouts.