Biology The difference between population concepts and “population thinking” 8 Jan 201224 Nov 2022 The late Ernst Mayr is remembered for many things, but a number of his historical and philosophical claims are unravelling. The very clever and perspicacious Rutgers geneticist, Jody Hey, has published a paper in the Quarterly Review of Biology on one of these. Jody is a very good reader of… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design A boycott of Synthese 19 Apr 201122 Apr 2011 Brian Leiter has suggested a professional boycott of the journal Synthese until they admit their error in the disclaimer case, and I am the contact for messages supporting it from publishing philosophers. Leiter says: I would urge all philosophers to stop submitting to Synthese; to withdraw any papers they have… Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy A thought 26 Jun 2010 Things and actions are what they are, and consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? [Bishop Joseph Butler, Fifteen Sermons, Sermon VII, §16.] Read More
This explains pretty much every single “OMG WE JUST SOLVED BIOLOGY!!1!” paper ever found in physics journals… *cringe* (If I recall, T Ryan Gregory is accumulating quite the collection of “revolutionary” genome papers he finds in physics journals. So revolutionary that no lowly biologist can understand as much as the basic thesis of the paper…)
Reminds me of Fred Hoyle’s rediscovery of population genetics, apparently unaware that it had already happened. And of course his discovery that Archaeopteryx was a hoax. “Most popular Tested Marketing auctions”? Is that a form of spam I have not previously encountered?
There is a form of trackback spamming becoming popular. Mostly I block it via Askimet, but some creeps through.
http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2010/09/prolate-spheroids.html OT, I really like the “how scientists think” idea. My alter ego may have to send you something.