Postby Technomancer » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:47 pm
I went to see it with a couple of friends (hard-core gamers all), and we had a blast. We were expecting something corny and cliched, and got what we paid for. Basically, it's 1930's a style pulp thriller (which is what Indiana Jones really was anyways) done with better special effects. It probably helps if you've enjoyed stuff from that period (e.g. Flash Gordon). A good time was had by all, and I'm looking forward to the sequel.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov