Monthly Archives: January 2009
At last! A Macbook!
If I have seemed a little distracted and unresponsive lately it’s because I have been using an old clunker of a half dead laptop. I received my new employ’s Macbook yesterday and spent pretty much the rest of the day … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative
Reflections on the inauguration
It’s nearly 4 am here so a quick note: The whole thing looked and sounded like a very twee Protestant church service, including the “Lord of the Dance” crapola barely redeemed by the performers.I was waiting for the puppet show … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
Australia, and how to survive it
Linked in the comments of the latest Australian-bashing by that cold bastard in Minnesota, comes this piece by Douglas Adams Jeremy Lee on how dangerous Australia is. I want all you foreigners to read it in case you ever decide … Continue reading
Filed under Humor
Basic introduction to homology
From Evolution: Education and Outreach comes a nice introduction to the concept of homology. Late note: OK, not so good. I saw only the cute pix, and presumed the author understood paraphyly. But as I didn’t have an entirely functional … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Species and systematics
Truisms 5
Truism 5: One is only required (by our language games) to justify moral claims one or two levels Scholium*: Justifying moral claims is a language game in Wittgenstein’s sense, but only in a philosophical language game do we justify the … Continue reading
Filed under Social evolution, Truisms
People Get Ready
People get ready There’s a bus a’comin’ Don’t need no deity Just get on board Won’t hurt believers If you can’t hear God’s mummery You’ll still need a ticket From the Transport Board People get ready For the bus to … Continue reading
The ontology of biology 4 – pattern and process
One of the enduring mistakes made in science and philosophy is to confuse how things seem with how they are. In biology, the conjunction “pattern and process” has been around for decades, at least since 1947 in ecology, when Alex … Continue reading
Filed under Species and systematics
Skewed views of science
Larry Moran points us to the following video on what science is and why pseudoscience is not to be taught or accepted without serious evidence (which makes it science). My only comment to add is that emotional appeals are information … Continue reading
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