tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6662050526412025991..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Venter, Sacks and SexBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19894319291952897182007-10-29T19:43:00.000+00:002007-10-29T19:43:00.000+00:00...arms race of explicitness... - I think you need......arms race of explicitness... - I think you need a new term here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1892048468078132952007-10-29T15:21:00.000+00:002007-10-29T15:21:00.000+00:00Sex and the City more delusional and poorly perfor...Sex and the City more delusional and poorly performed compared with CBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-35772808919059847212007-10-29T13:13:00.000+00:002007-10-29T13:13:00.000+00:00Bryan, I don't quite understand how you could hate...Bryan, I don't quite understand how you could hate Sex and the City (I think from a previous post that was your position) but give a thumbs up to Californication. I have only seen one episode of the "C" show, but I reckon it is true that it and "Sex" both treat sex in much the same dispiriting way. The appeal of watching a disillusioned man trying to work his way out of a midlife crisis via the Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-80243557692090387132007-10-28T20:13:00.000+00:002007-10-28T20:13:00.000+00:00Music, he points out, “has no concepts, makes no p...Music, he points out, “has no concepts, makes no propositions; it lacks images, symbols, the stuff of language. It has no power of representation. It has no necessary relation to the world”. Much can be said and written about music, but the substrate of it all is feeling.<BR/><BR/>To say music has no necessary relation to the world, though, would seem to necessitate a rather strange and arbitraryAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84768234462050781852007-10-28T20:10:00.000+00:002007-10-28T20:10:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-51425140981015144382007-10-28T18:10:00.000+00:002007-10-28T18:10:00.000+00:00We're constantly reminded that "sex sells" and now...We're constantly reminded that "sex sells" and now it turns out that it doesn't. What modern-day truism is next to fall?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.com