“The American Institute of Architects [has] rejected a petition to censure members who design solitary-confinement cells and death chambers.” Michael Kimmelman argues that AIA should reverse that decision.
Tag: 02.17.15
Why Does The Idea Of Multiple Universes Get Any Credibility From Scientists Whatsoever?
“[The hypothesis] is unlikely to be true, … [and] since no one knows how to test it, the idea is perhaps not truly scientific at all. Those are valid criticisms, but the main reason we should hold out is that it is incoherent, both philosophically and logically. There could be no better contender for Wolfgang Pauli’s famous put-down: it is not even wrong. And yet, it attracts both publicity and extraordinarily confident endorsement.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.17.15
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(Greg Sandow on potential candidates for New York Phil music director)
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-02-17
Cubist Accumulation: How “Unrestricted” Are Leonard Lauder’s Metropolitan Museum Gifts?
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-02-17
Stevie Wonder on Duke Ellington
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2015-02-17
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Does “Branding” An Artist Kill Her Soul?
“If artists want to put their signature squiggles on a shoe or a bottle of booze, are they compromising their work in exchange for a bit of cash?”
News Of The Weird: Tom Cruise’s Curry Night Out Becomes … A Movie
“Last August, the Mission Impossible actor ordered lobster and chicken tikka masala when he and eight companions visited the Veer Dhara in St Albans.”