Join the Club!

Still subscribed to this old course blog? Nice.

So, I'm trying to start up a school club -- the "Owning Our Ignorance" club -- devoted to fun and logic, in that order. I've put up a blog for it over here.

Check it out. Please join if you're interested.

Eff Yook Lass

Here are some links on news and advertising. The first is about the underlying intellectual dishonesty in even the most honest of ad campaigns:

Truth Sells Lies

By the way, if you're into advertising, that entire blog is great. I'm a bit biased, though, since I used to work for Bob Garfield.

Here's a link to a radio interview with the director of FactCheck.org, a website devoted to debunking claims in political ads.

Political Ads Fact-Checked
(to launch the interview, click on the red "Listen" button)

I also used to work with the guy who interviewed FactCheck's director. Yup, I'm a pretty big deal.

Speaking of big deals:

BS: The Video

Here's the video of Jon Stewart interviewing Harry Frankfurt about his book On Bullshit.

BS

I just remembered the link.
On Bullshit, by Harry Frankfurt
What do you think? Is not caring about whether you're saying the truth worse than deliberately lying?