tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3162887439265402520.post1097840394164704169..comments2022-07-22T16:52:45.446-07:00Comments on soul searching or just looking for fights: Dream and Body in DiderotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3162887439265402520.post-52028448364405689652022-07-22T16:52:45.446-07:002022-07-22T16:52:45.446-07:00The "French science" is a common trope i...The "French science" is a common trope in this blog, and I bring it up whenever a text becomes so obscure or abstruse as to defy any interpretation - especially if it has anything to do with the likes of Barthes, Bourdieu, Foucault, etc. <br />The expression comes from a TED talk by Reggie Watts, in which he gives an ideal illustration of "French science": https://www.ted.com/talks/reggie_watts_beats_that_defy_boxes<br />Particularly: "And just remember everything you are is more important to realize the negative space as music is only the division of space. It is the space we are listening to divided as such which gives us the information in comparison to something other that gives us the idea of what the idea that wants to be transmitted wants to be."Semiophrenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194835635665729472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3162887439265402520.post-78799790264703292882022-07-16T07:15:38.414-07:002022-07-16T07:15:38.414-07:00Thank you so much for taking the time to read my w...Thank you so much for taking the time to read my work...would love to see more of yours. My favorite observation: "At some point one has to remember that Vanderheyden is a French scientist and naturally inclined to make statements that don't necessarily make sense." I'm not a native Française, but you nailed it! I hope I write more clearly now...many years out from grad school jargon!Jennifer Vanderheydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04324481616667364279noreply@blogger.com