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Authors: Chuck Klosterman
predictions
making,
49
presidencies
color or religion as non-issue,
217
â18
judging and ranking,
203
â6,
218
â19
Obama's legacy,
217
â18
presidential election (2000),
197
â98
Presley, Elvis,
74
â77
pressure, responding to,
250
n
Pride and Prejudice
(Austen),
45
probability,
109
â10
proof, scientific,
120
,
135
â36
public opinion
on football,
184
influenced by name recognition,
90
â92
on unfamiliar subject,
90
â91
punk music,
79
â80
quantum mechanics,
4
,
105
,
107
,
120
radio, and incomparability to television,
160
n
Radiolab
(radio show),
190
â91
Rage Against the Machine,
197
â98
Real Sports
(TV show),
185
Real World
,
The
(TV show),
170
reality TV,
169
â70
realization of a simulated world,
126
â28
“Really Big One, The” (Schulz),
258
â59
relevance of written work,
45
â47
Republic, The
(Plato),
215
respect for past classic works,
243
â45
Rest Is Noise, The
(Ross),
73
retrospective insight,
14
â17
reversals of scientific opinions,
3
â7,
97
â98
Revolution Was Televised, The
(Sepinwall),
164
Revolver
(album),
67
Rhodes, Dusty,
234
â35
Richards, Keith,
85
Riddle, Nelson,
78
risks, calculating,
258
â61
Road, The
(McCarthy),
47
â48
rock music,
14
,
60
â87,
92
n
,
95
,
161
“Albums of the Year” list (
SPIN
),
92
authority of youth over age,
69
Chuck Berry as the epitome of,
85
â86
limitations and demise of,
63
,
68
â69
monomyth of,
74
â77
“Rock is dead” assertion,
61
â64
“Southern rock,”
85
n
style vs. substance,
75
â76
subjectivity of appreciation,
72
â73
rock music vs. rock 'n' roll music,
60
â61
rock and roll music,
59
â60,
68
,
74
,
82
,
86
.
See also
rock music
rock 'n' roll music,
59
â60,
72
,
78
,
82
,
85
,
159
.
See also
rock music
Rolling Stone
,
154
n
Romo, Tony,
1
Roseanne
(TV show),
173
â75
Ross, Alex,
73
â74
Rowling, J. K.,
27
â28
Sagan, Carl,
83
â84
Saturday Night Fever
(album),
79
â80
Saunders, George,
22
â24
Schulz, Kathryn,
10
â11,
49
â50,
258
Science Digest
,
16
â17
Scientific American
,
223
scientific beliefs
card game analogy,
112
â13
evolving,
3
â7,
97
â98,
225
â26
future revolutionary discoveries,
223
â26
major shifts before 1600,
99
â101,
108
,
117
â18
society's feelings about,
226
verified by experiments,
100
See also
paradigm shifts in science
scientific consensus,
112
â13
Second Amendment rights,
220
Selvin, Ben,
77
Sepinwall, Alan,
164
“September Gurls” (song),
95
Sex Pistols,
79
â80
shadow histories,
40
â41
Shakespeare, William,
32
,
70
,
90
,
94
Shteyngart, Gary,
47
Silicon Valley
(TV show),
170
Silk Road,
37
Simmons, J. K.,
188
â89
Simulacra and Simulation
(Baudrillard),
28
simulation hypothesis,
28
,
121
â26
artificial intelligence,
124
bar analogy,
126
â28
“breaking the game,”
128
â29
cosmic rays as evidence of,
125
n
and God,
124
â27
morality,
126
â28
numerical constants,
124
â25,
130
realization of,
126
â28
shepherd analogy,
121
Sinatra, Frank,
75
â76
Singularity (era),
227
â29
skepticism about widely held beliefs,
237
â38
skiffle music,
161
sky appearing blue, explanation for,
111
Slacker
(film),
141
sleep and dying, relationship between,
141
â42
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” (song),
70
Snowden, Edward,
236
Song of Ice and Fire, A
(Martin),
53
n
Sopranos, The
(TV show),
71
Souls of All Living Creatures, The
,
256
Sousa, John Philip,
64
â65
Soviet Union, fall of,
204
space
and time,
113
â14
travel,
16
â17,
83
â84,
118
â20
Speedboat
(Adler),
235
SPIN
,
92
n
sports
analytics,
250
â52
children's involvement in,
190
â91
“clutch” scenarios,
250
n
and physical risks,
183
statistics,
249
â50
as televised-only events,
192
â93
Star Wars
(film),
57
n
statistics, sports,
249
â50
Steel, Danielle,
52
n
Stevenson, Robert Louis,
143
storytelling
fox-vs.-hedgehog analogy,
199
â201
through monomyths,
74
personal interpretation of events,
203
and relationship to history,
202
â3
“utility myth,”
218
â19
Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The
(Kuhn),
114
â16
subjective vs. objective,
94
,
96
â97,
148
â51
Supreme Court,
210
symmetry, statistical,
26
â27
Syro
(album),
38
n
Talking Heads,
68
Tartt, Donna,
52
TED talk about the multiverse,
105
â6
Teenage Fanclub,
92
n
teenage years, recognition of,
62
n
telephone usage, changes in,
15
â16
television
first Golden Age (1940sâ1960),
172
second Golden Age (1990sâ2010s),
172
ancient Egypt analogy,
162
â63
as entertainment only (1970sâ1980s),
172
â73
filming and staging,
168
incomparability to radio,
160
n
“misunderstanding” plot (1970s),
167
natural dialogue,
166
â67
realism, desire for,
163
â65,
167
â68
reality TV,
169
â70
realness, achieving,
171
â72
roman à clef programming,
170
â71
sports viewing,
192
â93,
251
â52
viewing, changes in,
159
â60
Teller, Miles,
188
â89
Tenth of December
(Saunders),
23
Terminator
(film franchise),
227
“Testify” (music video),
197
â98
time
effect of,
44
â45,
56
â57,
70
,
205
â6,
233
â35
and space,
113
â14
Toland, Gregg,
244
“Tom Joad” (song),
230
transgender issues,
29
â30
transgressive art,
79
â80
Truman Show, The
(film),
126
truths, accepting,
238
â39
Twitter,
86
Tyson, Neil deGrasse,
99
â103,
105
,
108
â12,
115
â16,
125
n
,
224
â25
Ultimate Warrior,
234
universe.
See
multiverse hypothesis
University of Virginia rape story,
154
n
unpopular opinions, opposition to,
211
â12
UnREAL
(TV show),
170
Uranus, orbit of,
108
â9
US government
Bill of Rights,
209
â12
Constitution,
207
â12,
220
â21
feelings of doom about,
206
â7
founding of,
207
Supreme Court,
210
U.S. News & World Report
,
206
USA Today
,
192
“utility myth,”
218
â19
validating hypotheses,
106
â7
Van Halen, Eddie,
63
â64
Vargas-Cooper, Natasha,
243
video games
effect on children and sports,
191
Grand Theft Auto,
128
L.A. Noire,
128
â29
violence in sports,
183
â85,
187
Virga, Vint,
256
Vollmann, William T.,
51
Vonnegut, Kurt,
43
â45
Voodoo Histories
(Aaronovitch),
133
â34
voting,
216
â17.
See also
elections, US
Voyager
(spacecraft),
83
Wachowski, Lana (formerly Larry),
29
Wachowski, Lilly (formerly Andy),
29
Waking Life
(film),
141
â42
Wallace, David Foster,
48
Wall Street Journal, The
,
190
â91
war,
226
â27
War Games
(film),
227
Washington, George,
218
â19,
221
Welles, Orson,
244
Wexler, Jay D.,
208
â11
What Good Are the Arts?
(Carey),
70
“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” (Nagel),
254
Whiplash
(film),
188
â89
Williams, Hank,
70
Williams, Robin,
255
Wine, April,
60
Winfrey, Oprah,
182
World War I,
9
wrestling, pro,
234
â35
Wright, Frank Lloyd,
90
â92
Wright, Lawrence,
52
writers
bloggers as,
231
â32
changing tastes of readers,
93
â94
cult,
53
â54
poets,
93
â94
pyramid analogy,
51
â56
“quietly unrated,”
54
â55
ranking the best,
22
â28,
30
â39,
49
â50,
92
â94
recognizing diverse,
25
â27
“vocally unrated,”
52
â53
writing that represents life,
43
â47
Y2K crisis,
1
â2
“Young Love” (song),
79
“You're doing it wrong” argument,
242
,
243
,
250
Zero Dark Thirty
(film),
152