September 1, 2010

oh well

Slavoj Zizek, entertaining nutjob philosopher provacateur interviewed in New Scientist. As ever a random grab-bag of scattered insights, but this struck me:

When I was in China, some researchers showed me a document from their Academy of Sciences which says openly that the goal of their biogenetic research is to enable large-scale medical procedures which will “rectify” the physical and physiological weaknesses of the Chinese people.

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3 Responses to “oh well”

  1.   bruce
    September 2nd, 2010 | 7:39 pm

    well, if they are operating under the same broken supremacy of the gene theory that has a hold of western science then there is nothing to fear :-)

  2.   michael
    September 2nd, 2010 | 11:13 pm

    http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/close-up-big-dealers-john-key-1987

    Um, yeah, did you know Zizek fronted a TV show played on mainstream UK TV? The Perverts Guide To Cinema. Craaazy.

  3.   billy
    September 3rd, 2010 | 12:59 am

    That CloseUp clip is from another planet.

    Haven’t really followed Zizek’s career; sort of figured out he offers sort of interesting critiques and perspectives without offering any actual solutions, which would be of more interest to me.