Briefly 16 Feb 2009 I finally have internet – only took Primus three weeks to install and get working my internet and phone – and that was with an existing account and line! Tonight I went to the opening of a Thomas Henry Huxley exhibit at the Macleay Museum, and Michael Ruse gave an excellent talk on Tom and his Sydney connection (his wife Nettie came from Sydney and THH himself spent a fair bit of time here and up north on the HMS Rattlesnake). Then a nice Thai dinner and talk, although (you may be surprised to learn) I spent a lot of time just listening. Ruse and Paul Griffiths at the same table made for entertaining discussion. Then I stayed up to watch the latest Dexter and so to bed… Evolution History
Education More on the CT teacher case 8 May 2010 It now appears that the teacher who was forbidden to teach evolution because it was “philosophically unsatisfying” (ORLY?) was done so by the headmaster, Mark Ribbens, alone. Ribbens tried to impugn teacher Mark Tangarone, a teacher in the Talented and Gifted Program (TAG), by falsely claiming he was “a disgruntled… Read More
Administrative Miscellany 8 Nov 2007 Some things that piqued my interest without triggering a full post: Read More
Evolution When academics attack 5 Dec 2007 I love a good academic stoush, so long as I’m just watching and not involved either as an antagonist or as collateral damage. Recently, Steven Pinker published a book, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, which was subsequently reviewed by Patricia Churchland, in Nature. Unfortunately,… Read More
They weren’t when I signed a two year contract in Brisbane. I have to say I won’t be signing another one. Colin, I have no idea. I am trying to track this down, but nothing seems to work.
Now, I make the connection. “Primus” is not a band that wrote a bad lyric, but instead a telecom/provider.
This apparently was posted at 11pm on Feb 16th, which it probably was, you being in Sydney and all, but it’s messing up the RSS feed,because it’s not getting that you are in Sydney and I’m in Ottawa, Canada. I think you aren’t indicating timezone correctly or something?