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At the moment I am re-reading the
wonderful book Mr, Wilsons cabinet of
Wonders, Laurence Weschlers account of
the Museum of Jurassic Technology in
Los
Angeles. I can heartily recommend it to
all
of you. (Amazon link below)
However, my reading pleasure is greatly
compromised by my
iBook on AirPort,
sitting next to me, beaconing me to
google
items, persons and facts.
The duration of the wonderful feeling of
not knowing whether something is real
or
not, this magical existential limbo, is cut
short by Googles ruthless efficiency. (So
called) reality on tap, kills magic,
wonder
and art.
On the web, even more that in real-
reality,
reality is a thing of putty. Who doesn't
like
a good crackpot theory or conspiracy
theory. Being able to determine whether
something is real is intrisically valuable,
if
only from a anti-crime or political
standpoint. But when this ability to
crosscheck deminishes benign pseudo-
reality, like art or literature it is not good.
I would like to extend Google to include
fake links to fake websites, spoofs and
fake stuff from cinematography,
literature
and art submitted by anyone with an
imagination.
These links would be classified as such in
the database, so as not to contaminate
the
existent stuff.
Google users would then set a preference
on and off in their settings to enable a
spoiler indicator in search results that
indicates whether a link relates to
parallel
reality and bathe in blissful ignorance or
know the real facts.
Weshlers Book
http://www.amazon.c...43?%5Fencoding=UTF8 Mr. Wilsons Cabinet of Wonders @ Amazon.com [Ehrm, Feb 18 2006]
The Museum
http://www.mjt.org The Museum of Jurassic Tecnology [Ehrm, Feb 18 2006]
More info
http://www.soundpor...urassic_technology/ More info on the MJT and Weschler [Ehrm, Feb 18 2006]
Beauvais Lyons
http://web.utk.edu/~blyons/default.html wonderful unreality [xenzag, Feb 19 2006]
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I once proposed a museum of bogus things - the sound of grass growing, miniature elephants, that kind of thing - and I heartily endorse any effort to make the world a more random and less reliable place. |
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http:// done. Just what the doctor ordered. |
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See the 3rd link, [wagster] |
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Ah, I see. I wish LA wasn't 5456 miles away. |
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//every day, confuses the crap out of people who are looking for some product or service// Hah! I think that's why I'm here. Keep up the good work. |
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+ for anyone who likes the Museum Of Jurassic
Technology. Check out Beauvais Lyons.... see link for your
pleasure, Ehrm. |
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As for "reality" I've always had my doubts about the value
of this. Could we have Reality Cheques - issued by the
Bank of Shifting Sand? |
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Thank you [xenzag], Lyons is also
mentioned in the book, but I did'nt see
this one yet. Joy. |
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