Same reason there is more literature on Hitler than on Gandhi.
Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia?
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Re: Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia?
#62because pornography is more intimate when you know about the people having sex, but knowing about Rømer won't change the speed of light.
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#63I once had a heated discussion with a classical violinist about who the most known Dane was outside of Denmark. She insisted that it had to be Carl Nielsen, a composer, whom she was sure everyone would know. All her friends knew Carl Nielsen, and many of them could play his most known symphonies from memory. I'd only vaguely heard of him, and contended that maybe Hans Christian Andersen would be more known, since Dis…
The greatest Dane? I'd have to go with Marmaduke.
Re: Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia?
#64Because Wikipedia is the social media of encyclopedias. Sometimes you get really good stuff, but you also lose the serious but boring people and you get a weird social rules system.
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#65I once had a heated discussion with a classical violinist about who the most known Dane was outside of Denmark. She insisted that it had to be Carl Nielsen, a composer, whom she was sure everyone would know. All her friends knew Carl Nielsen, and many of them could play his most known symphonies from memory. I'd only vaguely heard of him, and contended that maybe Hans Christian Andersen would be more known, since Dis…
The greatest Dane? I'd have to go with Marmaduke.
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Re: Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia?
#66Same reason there is more literature on Hitler than on Gandhi.
Hitler is arguably a far more important historical figure than Gandhi. What's your point?
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#67Wikipedia is not to blame any more than MTV is to blame for Jersey Shore - they are both simply catering content that reflects how their audience wants to expend attention. Looking at the numbers for perez hilton, farmville, facebook, television, porn, etc - paints a picture that the average mass consumer does not consider scientific knowledge to be notable.. or the inventors of this knowledge. I blame Edward Bernays…
after 20 minutes of staring into special relativity treatment of moving particle field interaction (the math is simple, yet as a math major i didn't have it as a part of my course and i'm interested in the corner case of small scale what is domain of QM) my amygdala took over again and i'm back at HN. I feel like my neo-cortex is complete chicken :)
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#69Because man has an evolved urge to reproduce which is far stronger and more prevalent than the urge to do science. 100% of my ancestors have had sex. I doubt more than 0.1% have done any science.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's actually been much debate towards whether pornography can even be considered art, thus calling into question whether a Hitchcock or Coppolas of the Adult Film Genre can even exist. I personally am of the belief that porn isn't art, due to its use and audience. When someone views porn, the pornographic material is almost invariably acting as a means to an end, namely satisfying sexual desires of the viewer. Ar…
If you're still categorizing art into "not art" and "art" you have a long way to go. As you say, Art is to be appreciated for what it is.
Something can't be art simply by virtue of being called art.