A new argument for scientific realism 11 Sep 2009 Argumentum ab pop… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty33v7UYYbw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Humor Pop culture
Chocosophy Chocolatarianism: the only rational foundation for ethics 9 Jul 20126 Feb 2013 A while back I revealed unto you all the verity that is Chocoholism. This introduced the metaphysics and epistemology of the Endarkenment. However I have become aware that I have not yet passed onto you the ethical component of Endarkenment: Chocolatarianism. In that post I said this: The moral principle… Read More
General Science More roundup 14 Oct 2008 … those weeds won’t ever go away. The inimitable Siris notes the problem with the myth that the US Electoral College is a restraint upon democracy (when it makes presidential elections possible where previously they weren’t, so how can it be a restraint?). The article in the New Yorker he… Read More
I have no problem at all with “science is real”. But when I am in the midst of a very good (or very bad) dream, all the observation and science sure seems real there too. Will I wake up yet again? What is “real”? Just one of those pesky observer effects, I’m sure. Could be that your life is just a poorly written Philip K. Dick novel.