Farr on MRI 3 Aug 2009 Introducing an irregular series of quotes that catch my eye: Noise is principally due to the presence of the patient. [R. F. Farr] HT Omri Schwartz Philosophy Quotes Quotes
Epistemology Some of my recent talks 30 May 201222 Jun 2018 I just discovered SlideRocket, a Google app that displays slides, and so I thought I’d put up some of my talks. Here goes. I hope they work. This is a talk about whether God could create a world in which Darwinian accidents occur. It ended up as a paper in Zygon: This… Read More
Epistemology Logic, evolution, and classification 1 Feb 201118 Sep 2017 Sometimes, as a philosopher, one forgets that not everyone has been forced to undergo a logic class. This is a problem, both because logic is taught as the second most boring subject after calculus, and because, like calculus, it is enormously relevant to everything we do. Most especially it is… Read More
Humor Reflections on theology 3 Nov 2009 Readers may not know that I did a couple of years of theology at an Anglican theological college, Ridley College, in Melbourne before I embarked upon my philosophical and historical studies. I was quite good at it, and only my lack of actual, you know, faith interrupted what was a… Read More
That reminds me of a Monty Python skit, where John Cleese and others are doctors. John Cleese runs through the checklist – all the equipment is there, anaesthetist present, assistant present, students, nurses present. “Something missing, something missing……..O yes, ………..patient!” Later, the parturient patient says something and is rebuffed – “You’re NOT QUALIFIED!”
It’s even better. She’s giving birth, and asks the doctor, “What do I do?” and Chapman replies, as the supercilious doctor, “Nothing, dear. You’re not qualified“. And you forgot the machine that goes ping!