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Tag: 02.14.16
Where Physics Crossed Into Metaphysics (Was Einstein Wrong?)
Astrophysicist Adam Frank looks at a famous debate between Albert Einstein and philosopher Henri Bergson in which Einstein declared, “The time of the philosophers does not exist.”
How The DMCA Copyright Law Is Making It Illegal For Documentary Filmmakers To Do Their Work
“Filmmakers and authors have long held the right to make fair use of copyrighted material, transforming it for uses like criticism and commentary, making arguments, and providing historical context. But the DMCA made it illegal—and, in some cases, a crime—to access this content by breaking encryption.”
Winter Depression And Mental Sluggishness May Not Be Real Things: Researchers
“A pair of new studies” – one of them quite large – “challenge many of the popular assumptions about the psychological effects of wintertime, suggesting that we should look at the season in a new, brighter light.”
An Opera Revolution: The Numbers Are In And Opera Has Changed
“It’s startling to see how quickly the opera world has changed, which composers (according to Operabase) are most popular and which no longer are. Of the 100 in this new concise book, more than 50% have flourished since 1900 and 18 of them – almost 20% – are living.”
Pee-Wee Herman Makes A Comeback – And So Does Paul Reubens
Both the character actor and his most famous character vanished for a while after a notorious 1991 arrest. But Reubens never lost all his fans – among them Judd Apatow, who helped get a new Pee-Wee Herman movie made. And Reubens has been getting plenty of gigs under-the-radar work as well; when not playing Pee-Wee, he’s unrecognizable.
Eiko’s First Dance Project Without Koma Is Transforming Her Career
“Two years ago, after Koma injured his ankle, Eiko, the other half of the husband-and-wife dance duo – treasured for their stark, startlingly slow excavations of stillness and shape while time gradually passes – struck out on her own. The pair are likely to perform together in the future, but for now, Eiko is consumed with a solo project that has transformed her career.”
The Man Who Wrote The Longest-Running (And Still On) Play In New York Has Died
“Attuned to his critics, Mr. Manzi rewrote the play, energetically and often, to make it more accessible. ‘He sometimes would give me a rewrite as I was trying to get onstage, and I would have to slap him,’ Ms. Russell said warmly. ‘I’ve learned how to learn lines quickly.'”
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finding A Balance And Living In the Present
“As Salonen’s music becomes increasingly in demand, he keeps finding surprises. For instance, he had had long dreamed of being in the position where different conductors want to premiere his pieces. ‘Mostly that experience has been very good,’ he says. ‘But there is now a new category in my planning, which is hanging around doing nothing.'”
The R-Rated Deadpool Is So Wildly Successful Because It Knows Exactly What Its Fans Want
“The sizzle reel, the cheeky imagery, the online bandwagon, it all falls in line with the contemporary drift towards fan-inspired cinema, where movie studios feel safest spending money on films with their audience already guaranteed. But Deadpool doesn’t just offer up a hero it thinks the fanbase will love, it offers up an entire world.”