Gems from Tom Waits 25 Oct 2008 Waits is one of the few people I admire almost without reservation, even including the industrial blues. A comment quoted on a passing web site was “We are monkeys with money and guns”, leading me via Google to this wonderful interview at NPR a few months back. Read it. I have cited his version of Somewhere as the best of all time, in a philosophy article. Humor Social dominance
Administrative Off to talk religion and evolution 18 Sep 2008 Okay, so in the AM I am off to drizzly Melbourne, my old home town, to address a conference on the implications of the project of naturalising religion, especially in terms of evolution, to an audience that may, or may not be religious. So if you never hear from me… Read More
Humor 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] Read More
General Science Nice genetics quip 4 Jan 2008 Microsoft Word’s “Track Changes” and Endnote are synthetic lethals. From The Futile Cycle. “A synthetic pair of genes are two gene variants that alone are fine, but when combined into the same organism, cause it to die.” Why? When you have Endnoted a paper and send it to a friend… Read More
Tom Waits said: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge… JW imparts knowledge and not information and the fact that he’s a Tom Waits fanatic probably explains why I like him so much!
what you hide is not always about the truth the things you give away do not alway’s have meaning what you love is not always there to stay what you say is not always confedential but the question you sewed will alway’s leave remarks whatever the question is i’m a singer go to myspace.com/elawke click videos underneath picture there’s a song life
what you hide is not always about the truth the things you give away do not alway’s have meaning what you love is not always there to stay what you say is not always confedential but the question you sewed will alway’s leave remarks whatever the question is i’m a singer go to myspace.com/elawke click videos underneath picture there’s a song life