Monthly Archives: September 2009
Quotes scare me
I used to be a typesetter, proofreader and publisher. I take punctuation relatively seriously. One conclusion I came to is that “scare quotes” (like that) are almost never needed. This website – UnnecessaryQuotes – shows the reasons why. If you … Continue reading
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Thony Christie has an excellent historical piece on algorithms. I didn’t know half of what he writes about. Nick Smyth, at Three Quarks Daily has an infuriating but thought-provoking piece on demarcating science from pseudoscience. If I had time, I’d … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics and Moral Philosophy, History, Media, Philosophy, Science
Religious Nones
A new report has shown that one of the fastest growing “religions” is “None” in America. It may be that as many as 25% will be Nones by 2030. But this is not a single group, and is highly heterogeneous. … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Hi. I’m John, and I Tweet
Yeah, I know, I’m a follower, not a leader these days*. You note that I have given into the Twitterpated Tsunami, in the side bar. My username is john_s_wilkins, because I’m really, really unimaginative. I still don’t know what it’s … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Humor
Some Sydney lectures I will miss
Because I will be en route when they pop up: Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers Lecture Series 23 September JOHN RAWLS ON SOCIAL JUSTICEProfessor Duncan Ivison, Professor of Political Philosophy and Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) … Continue reading
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Filed under Epistemology, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Science
Actually…
… I know a lot of philosophers who can do math and physics (and some have PhDs in both physics and philosophy). See more comics from Calamities of Nature
Filed under Humor, Philosophy, Science
The earliest picture in Islam?
Jeb McLeish point me at this one: The Vak-Vak (or Wak Wak) tree is often depicted in Islamic art as having fruit that are the heads of women, men or animals, but never the full body, which grows on a … Continue reading
Filed under History
The evolution of the nervous system
Nature Reviews Neuroscience has a special issue out on the evolution of the nervous system. Good for them as has access…
