Monthly Archives: January 2009
A melange
Chris Nedin at Ediacaran has a nice discussion of the metaphor of the adaptive landscape, “Climbing Pit Improbable“. It should be noted that the genetic notion of adaptive peaks is exactly the same thing as the AI notion of gradient … Continue reading
Talkorigins.org back up
The website www.talkorigins.org is now back up, although links to the temporary archive www.toarchive.org/ still work for now. The story is roughly this – the company (joker.com) we bought the domain name from reassigned the IP number for the site … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Creationism and Intelligent Design, Evolution
Truisms 4
Truism 4: There is most likely no God – if all gods but one are rejected with good reason, then by induction so should the final god. Corollary: There are no independent reasons to think there is a god Corollary: … Continue reading
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Bits and pieces
I’m away from what serves as my computer these days for a while – off to Sydney to find a place to live. Also, the Seed Masters (whom I for one welcome) are upgrading Moveable Type from 3 to 4, … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, History, Species and systematics, trashcan categorial
Darwin worship, and demonisation
I make no secret that I admire Darwin as a historical figure very much, but I recently submitted a paper for an open access journal for science teachers at secondary level named Resonance, entitled “Not Saint Darwin”. I was motivated … Continue reading
Filed under Book, Evolution, History, Species and systematics
Truisms 3
Truism 3: Humans are moral because that is the nature of the species – moral is what humans do Corollary: Morality is not based on commands from on high Subcorollary: If God is dead, how could everything be permitted? We … Continue reading
Filed under Social evolution, Truisms
A poem: Aubade by Philip Larkin
This was brought to my attention by a reader on the alt.fan.pratchett group in response to an evangeliser there. Below the fold, it really asserts how I think of death (and identifies me thus as an Epicurean).
Filed under trashcan categorial, Truisms
Expelled producer admits lying to atheist interviewees
Well, he admits that it was a theist diatribe from the beginning, and not the even handed interaction between science and faith doco he told Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers among others. Always nice to find out that those who … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, Politics, Religion
Basic Concepts: Mathematics, Philosophy, Logic and Computer Science
This is a list of the Basic Concepts posts being put up by Science Bloggers and others. It will be updated and put to the top when new entries are published. If you are not a Scienceblogger, email me and … Continue reading
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Best of ET 2008
I’s an ego thing, sure, but it’s also a handy way of seeing what one did this past year. Here are what I think of as the substantial posts of Evolving Thoughts from 2008. Sorry for the lateness – it’s … Continue reading
