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Ancient Aliens: Evidence of Stephen Hawking’s Claim that “Philosophy is Dead”

Note: This article was cited in the New York Times (July 22, 2018) as an intellectual counter to the emerging religion of “Ancient Aliens.”

Feb 26, 2017

Ancient Aliens: Evidence of Stephen Hawking’s Claim that “Philosophy is Dead”

Feb 26, 2017

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Apollo Moon Landings: Pseudoscience and 6 Reasons Why There Was No NASA Hoax

It happens every year. One or more students ask me if I think the Apollo moon landings were a hoax. I teach critical media studies at…

Oct 20, 2017

Apollo Moon Landings: Pseudoscience and 6 Reasons Why There Was No NASA Hoax

Oct 20, 2017

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Hot and Cool in the MediaScene

A McLuhan-Style Art and Theory Project

Jan 28, 2018

Hot and Cool in the MediaScene

Jan 28, 2018

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Gargantua, the Tesseract, and Existential Meanings in Interstellar

Stars, Dirt, and the Cosmic Sublime

Jan 14, 2017

Gargantua, the Tesseract, and Existential Meanings in Interstellar

Jan 14, 2017

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Honoring the 50th Anniversary of 2001: The Monolith and Hope for the Human Species

Fifty years after its debut, 2001 is more relevant than ever. Released at the height of the space age in 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A…

May 9, 2017

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of 2001: The Monolith and Hope for the Human Species

May 9, 2017

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Starfleet Fascism

Musk and Bezos in the Lone Star State

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Starfleet Fascism

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In the 1980s, My Friends In Texas Said I Was ‘Overreacting’

… to the Fusion of Reagan, Republicans, and Religion

Jun 25, 2022

In the 1980s, My Friends In Texas Said I Was ‘Overreacting’

Jun 25, 2022

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American Theocracy

Samuel Alito and the High Priests of Medievalism Demolish the Wall Between Church and State

May 7, 2022

American Theocracy

May 7, 2022

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“TexasWorld”

Home to the Wonders and Horrors of 21st Century America

Oct 9, 2021

“TexasWorld”

Oct 9, 2021

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Anti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy Theorists, and Jean Baudrillard’s “Perfect Crime”

We live in a world where the highest function of the sign is to make reality disappear

Aug 30, 2021

Anti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy Theorists, and Jean Baudrillard’s “Perfect Crime”

Aug 30, 2021

Barry Vacker

Barry Vacker

11.1K Followers

Theorist of big spaces and dark skies. Writer and mixed-media artist. Existentialist w/o the angst.

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