Comments on: LIFE and the long view: ideologies of science and technology since the Enlightenment http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Scholars and Rogues » “One last fiery hurrah”: LIFE’s final issue http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31733 Scholars and Rogues » “One last fiery hurrah”: LIFE’s final issue Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:10:34 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/#comment-31733 [...] Part two: ideologies of science and technology since the Enlightenment [...] [...] Part two: ideologies of science and technology since the Enlightenment [...]

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]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29821 Dr. Slammy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:52:28 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/#comment-29821 The relationship that the Bushies and their ilk have with Science is part of the "Frankenstein" dynamic - the technodystopian strain that has been in competition with the utopian strain for centuries. It's complex, to be sure, but at its core is a profound distrust of technological progress and a sense that technology is at odds with the Natural order. In this case, Natural = Divine, although the Romantic take on the issue was less about religion, per se. The relationship that the Bushies and their ilk have with Science is part of the “Frankenstein” dynamic – the technodystopian strain that has been in competition with the utopian strain for centuries. It’s complex, to be sure, but at its core is a profound distrust of technological progress and a sense that technology is at odds with the Natural order. In this case, Natural = Divine, although the Romantic take on the issue was less about religion, per se.

]]> By: Dr. Denny http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29342 Dr. Denny Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:19:18 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/04/01/life-pt-2/#comment-29342 I can remember as a child the ads for the "all-electric" home. Nuclear power was sold to us as a panacea for energy needs — the "peaceful atom." Do you think that Bush administration, a quarter century after the demise of LIFE, has perhaps a faith-based "messianic" view of science rather than a mechanistic, utopian one? Does the next president, if a Democrat, have to "resell" science? Thanks for the piece, Sam. I can remember as a child the ads for the “all-electric” home. Nuclear power was sold to us as a panacea for energy needs — the “peaceful atom.”

Do you think that Bush administration, a quarter century after the demise of LIFE, has perhaps a faith-based “messianic” view of science rather than a mechanistic, utopian one? Does the next president, if a Democrat, have to “resell” science?

Thanks for the piece, Sam.

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