Comments on: academic rigor and blogging

By: jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 18 May 2004 12:59:16 +0000

Hello! Super work performed. Top PAGE, further so!

By: David Andrew

David Andrew — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:46:27 +0000

The debate about structured vs unstructured also appears when people talk about the role of reflection in learning – some argue that reflection is free floating and others a structured activity. People develop their thoughts in different ways!

By: Holly's Research Journal

Holly's Research Journal — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:00:27 +0000

On the virtue of posting half-baked ideas

James McGee posted an article recently called Rational ignorance

By: Caterina

Caterina — Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:40:13 +0000

Hear hear.

While I agree with many points in Lagos’ post about rational ignorance, I agree with danah that it doesn’t much pertain to blogs. Much criticism of blogging centers around its offhand and untutored nature, while I believe that that is one of its strengths.

And I too am a feminist who admires many misogynist and occasionally iffy thinkers, including Nietzsche.

By: zephoria

zephoria — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 20:28:16 +0000

Lago – i did read your whole post and i think that it has value. But i think that you are missing the point that *we* is not a universal. The metrics by which we examine our decisions are entirely different depending on the person.

As for Nietzsche… i’m not saying he’s not a mysogynist elitist bastard. My arguments above apply to Nietzsche as well. I read him for the value that he has, not simply for his failings. I do not disregard something because it doesn’t live up to my standards. Personally, i think the Nietzsche’s arguments on aesthetics and the value of the creator as opposed to the spectator are quite valuable.

By: lago

lago — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 20:22:49 +0000

Well, if you read the entire post, the point was that Joi and I have different ways of looking at the cost/benefit of writing about ideas. As Joi said in his blog entry: “If you read on in Lago’s post, he does raise a very interesting way to look at the trade-offs of shallow vs rigorous. What is the cost of rigor and is it worth it?” That’s pretty much the whole point of that post, to examine the unexamined decisions we make when we think or write.

I’ll be helpful by suggesting that Nietzsche may not be the best role model out there for your quotation needs, given his feelings on women and the degradation of culture as expressed in Beyond Good and Evil.