I believe the author’s point (if there is any point other than to make a joke) is that if you disregarded every modern philosopher associated with some kooky mass movement or another, the canon becomes pretty thin. But this comment thread really ought to be about blue-skinned Canadian space lesbos; anything else honestly isn’t in the spirit of the original article.

Why so serious?

Oh, an in the question I put forward, that should be even though, not because.

i don’t agree with the shrug the author offers, btw - ‘you just have to deal with that’ - but i agree that a good idea is a good idea, whatever ‘good’ means here.

“Just to be clear: As Mass Effect’s head writer lauds his own work for its subversion of traditional sex roles, we see images of a stripper and a prostitute.”

And, “The future can’t possibly be as dull as blue Canadian chicks.”