Monthly Archives: August 2010
Ranking
A diversion in the natural classification series. In natural classification, we typically do not find that patterns due to the process of historical causation come arrayed neatly in boxes within boxes, and yet one of the most common temptations is … Continue reading
Three for the Links
The Sad, Sad Story of Physeter: Chris Taylor, who does wonderful pieces about taxonomy and is my hero, has a report on the changes of name for the sperm whale, from the 18th century onwards. The Cult of Christ: Grrlscientist … Continue reading
Filed under Links, Philosophy, Religion, Social evolution, Systematics
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Link Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter… I enjoy the hell out of this series of fanfic. I want to read the entire seven volumes. Now! The premise … Continue reading
Filed under Humor, Philosophy
Cosmetic surgery
So you’ll have noticed that the layout has changed somewhat, as a result of WordPress changing the theme I was using to one more capable. I tried a few things, some of which readers hated, and some of which they … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative
Some stats
It occurred to me that I don’t do a very good job of tracking the stats of the three incarnations of this blog. So here they are: Posts Hits ET 1 : 411 142,117 ET 2 @ Scienceblogs : 1,272 … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative
Ruse on Hull: a memoir
The following memoir of David Hull is from Michael Ruse, who has graciously given permission to post it on this blog: DAVID HULL (1935–2010) I first met David Hull in the fall of 1968, at the first meeting of the … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, History, Philosophy, Science
A quote that should be true
… even if it probably isn’t At a television news station, one of the employees put up a sign in the elevator: “The ‘7’ button is broken. Please press ‘4’ and ‘3’.” Then he stood back and watched the behavior … Continue reading
Filed under Humor, Journalism, Media
