Category Archives: General Science
Empirical Perspectives
Jim Goetz, frequent commenter here, has started up what looks to be a physics and science blog at Empirical Perspectives. Go visit and make rude comments.
Filed under Administrative, General Science, Science
Community, unbelief, and the rise of secularism
One of the things that losing full use of a limb causes, is that everything takes four times as long as it used to. So I haven’t blogged due to my being very busy, tired, or both. Sorry. I promised … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, General Science, Philosophy, Rant, Religion
Attack of the Unlibrarian
I am generally fairly IT savvy (I even have an ancient IT degree), but at the same time I am rather unconvinced that the future is as digital as everyone says. In particular I have been appalled at the constant … Continue reading
Filed under Academe, Education, General Science, Journalism, Politics
Science is not a religion, nor does it involve faith
Suppose you had a friend who saw the world in terms solely of his football team. If you are discussing politics, he refers to the boardroom of the team; if you are talking morality, the on-field ethics of his favourites … Continue reading
Filed under Epistemology, General Science, Philosophy, Religion, Science
The taxonomy of disease
A letter in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery has argued that it is time to reform the taxonomy of disease. The authors are Ismail Kola, head of a pharmaceutics company, and Sir John Bell, Regius Professor at Oxford. The taxonomy of … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, General Science, Natural Classification, Systematics
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
