Carlin on the state of the US 25 Jun 2008 Here’s a somewhat different take on the late great George Carlin, in an interview with Keith Olberman last year: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVXj8F9Fmk&hl=en] For me, though, he’ll always be the hip Catholic Archbishop who brings about the end of the world in Dogma. Humor Politics Sermon
Politics Are Americans clinically insane? 12 Sep 200818 Sep 2017 I think they are: they give credence to verbal slips, egregious misinterpretations of ordinary phrases, take words out of context, and ignore what really matters in the most important political competition in the world. How can a nation be clinically insane? By listening to what the media tell it. And… Read More
Censorship Why copyright is censorship 16 Dec 2008 Here’s an excellent discussion by Lawrence Lessig on the creeping nature of regulation through copyright. Quite apart from anything else it’s an amazing use of presentation software. Sure, it’s 2002, but things have only got worse… Read More
Chocosophy Zombies and chocolate: what it is like to eat a block 17 Jul 20126 Feb 2013 Zombies are very much in the news lately. People are using them as a way to teach science. However, long before the scientists caught up with the trends, philosophy had been discussing zombies after the question of whether there are philosophical zombies (P-zombies) was raised by Saul Kripke in 1972,… Read More