Monthly Archives: August 2011
Math as language
I recommend this webcomic, “Freefall” – it’s thoughtful and fun.
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Filed under Epistemology, Pop culture
No, surrender
My muse of the moment is Justin Currie, front man for Del Amitri, now solo. Some of his lyrics are nigh on poetry, so I thought I’d post this song, which has elements of Dylan at his best social critic. … Continue reading
Filed under Pop culture
Counting species
Suppose a scholar of toys wanted to count the number of kinds of toys in the world. Since this information is not generally recorded, the scholar might look at the ways toys are used, the sales figures, or the designs … Continue reading
An education reform
You, like me, are most likely sick to the back teeth of education reforms. Every few years along comes another proposal to “fix” the education system, which everyone who has ever had any contact with it knows is broken. Each … Continue reading
My feet, my neck, my head
No, this isn’t a list of my better features or my autapomorphies. It is a list of the things that really, really, hurt. For those who do not know, I am without employment, and so I have taken up a … Continue reading
But, this is exactly right!
This is why philosophers should only have parrots, actually.
Filed under Humor, Philosophy
Evolution quotes: Diderot
It seems that nature has taken pleasure in varying the same mechanism in a thousand different ways. She never abandons any class of her creations before she has multiplied the individuals of it in as many different forms as possible. … Continue reading
Passing thoughts on Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Spoilers. Look away. As usual Hollywood cannot present how scientists actually do their work. But Rise is a much better film than I expected. For a start, the social dominance behaviours of primates was well presented, along with submission behaviours, … Continue reading
Filed under General Science, Pop culture, Social dominance
Christian capitalism and socialism
Greg Paul, whose work on dinosaurs I find most interesting, has a blog entry on the Washington Post site on another kind of dinosaur – Christian socialists. He notes that the current American Christian obsession with capitalism is quite contrary to the … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Politics, Social evolution
