Monthly Archives: June 2010
Gillard not wonderful: opposes gay marriage
Julia Gillard has said she opposes gay marriage. Why? She doesn’t say. But there has to be a reason, so what could they be? 1. She dislikes it and thinks she can impose her preferences on everyone no matter what … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Politics
Australian PM Gillard not religious
She says does not go through religious rituals for the sake of appearance. “I am not going to pretend a faith I don’t feel,” she said. “I am what I am and people will judge that. “For people of faith, … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Politics, Religion
Ferris Link’s Day Off
See, this is what happens. I take a day off to write some serious stuff, and I accrue dozens of links… Top of the news is that the secrets of Çatalhöyük are about to be unveiled. Why this matters is … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Epistemology, Evolution, Freedom, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Species concept
Ferris Link's Day Off
See, this is what happens. I take a day off to write some serious stuff, and I accrue dozens of links… Top of the news is that the secrets of Çatalhöyük are about to be unveiled. Why this matters is … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Epistemology, Evolution, Freedom, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Species concept
In which I upset PZ, again, by not knowing
Ron Rosenbaum has written a piece in Slate on agnosticism, in which he generously quotes an Australian “scientist”, that is, me. Oh dear. This is going to set the cat among the pigeons. And indeed one such cat, my friend … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Religion
Beverley Hills Links
John Haugeland died in May, and the University of Chicago has an excellent obituary by Susie Allen. A memorial prize named after Hanneke Jannsen, who also died a while back, is available for masters theses in philosophy. After Medical Hypotheses … Continue reading
Dinosaur books!
Greg Paul does some marvellous illustrations of dinosaurs and contemporary organisms, but they are usually only in magazines. Colour publishing being what it is, they are not collected in a quality book, but new technologies mean quality colour books can … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under Evolution
