Revising Reality
Revising Reality
How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain the World
Goldberg, Professor Nat; Gavaler, Dr Chris
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
05/2024
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9781350439610
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Sequels
Remakes
Retcons
Rejects
Moving Forward
1. Rejecting Possibilities
Unforced
Exorcised
Unearthed
Mandated
TERFed
Gated
Re-versed
Barred
2. Rewriting History
Storying Origins
Revering Paul
Amending Men
Trumping Thomas
Queering Authors
Canceling Culture
Hiding History
3. Making America
Resolving Winners
Remaking America (Great Again)
Reckoning Reagan
Criticizing the Common Core
Objecting to Obamacare
Revising Racism
Criticizing Critical Race Theory
Taking Tenure
4. Retconning Law
Ridged Klingons v. Ridgeless Klingons
Ministers and Genomes v. Winnie the Pooh
Buses v. Cars and Cocaine Trafficking
Judicial Retcons v. Legal Sequels
Metaphysics v. Epistemology
Cannons v. Stun Guns
People v. People
SCOTUS v. Disregarding Citizens
5. Knowing Science
Planets and Dwarves
Lizards and Birds
Hobbits and Hoaxes
Counseling and Cognition
Ulcers and Ivermectin
Paradigms and Shifts
6. Naming Change
A Knight and a Lord
A Caliph and a Prince
Two Marriages and a Divorce
Two Women
A Baby and Dear Abby
A Star, a King, and a Kennedy
A Building and an Institution
A Man, a Person, and a Corporation
A Person and an Alias
7. Changing Minds
Encoring Yesterdays
Categorizing Villains
Theorizing Characters
Alternating Worlds
Justifying Cartoonists
Combating Memories
Forgetting Selves
Continuing People
Philosophizing Brains
Bibliography
Index
Sequels
Remakes
Retcons
Rejects
Moving Forward
1. Rejecting Possibilities
Unforced
Exorcised
Unearthed
Mandated
TERFed
Gated
Re-versed
Barred
2. Rewriting History
Storying Origins
Revering Paul
Amending Men
Trumping Thomas
Queering Authors
Canceling Culture
Hiding History
3. Making America
Resolving Winners
Remaking America (Great Again)
Reckoning Reagan
Criticizing the Common Core
Objecting to Obamacare
Revising Racism
Criticizing Critical Race Theory
Taking Tenure
4. Retconning Law
Ridged Klingons v. Ridgeless Klingons
Ministers and Genomes v. Winnie the Pooh
Buses v. Cars and Cocaine Trafficking
Judicial Retcons v. Legal Sequels
Metaphysics v. Epistemology
Cannons v. Stun Guns
People v. People
SCOTUS v. Disregarding Citizens
5. Knowing Science
Planets and Dwarves
Lizards and Birds
Hobbits and Hoaxes
Counseling and Cognition
Ulcers and Ivermectin
Paradigms and Shifts
6. Naming Change
A Knight and a Lord
A Caliph and a Prince
Two Marriages and a Divorce
Two Women
A Baby and Dear Abby
A Star, a King, and a Kennedy
A Building and an Institution
A Man, a Person, and a Corporation
A Person and an Alias
7. Changing Minds
Encoring Yesterdays
Categorizing Villains
Theorizing Characters
Alternating Worlds
Justifying Cartoonists
Combating Memories
Forgetting Selves
Continuing People
Philosophizing Brains
Bibliography
Index