Hang on – I’m getting an idea 4 Mar 2016 So, it’s been a while. My brain went into recess while my finances collapsed, I changed jobs and generally got unwell for a while. I aim to start writing again soon. Nothing too deep, just random brainfarts. I’ll also blog for money 😉 Philosophy
Evolution Butler’s word games 11 Sep 2009 Gary Nelson recently sent me a paper from G. G. Simpson, published back around 1961: Simpson, GG. 1961. Lamarck, Darwin and Butler, three approaches to evolution. The American Scholar 30 (2):239-249. Unfortunately, this is not online, even through JSTOR, but it’s a wonderful essay, in which Simpson excoriates Samuel Butler’s… Read More
Philosophy In which I upset PZ, again, by not knowing 29 Jun 2010 Ron Rosenbaum has written a piece in Slate on agnosticism, in which he generously quotes an Australian “scientist”, that is, me. Oh dear. This is going to set the cat among the pigeons. And indeed one such cat, my friend and sparring partner PZ Myers, has already responded. Read and… Read More
Epistemology What warrant is there for belief in God? 22 Mar 201222 Mar 2012 Every morning on the way to the campus of the University of Melbourne I pass by the United Faculty of Theology, and I often wish that someone would come out and engage me in a debate. Partly because I am an ornery fellow who loves a good stoush, but also… Read More
That sounds potentially dangerous, and exciting, so for us Yanks it’s quintessentially Australian. Carry on.
“What are our ideas or ambitions? Play. Ideas! Why, that bloody bleating goat Temple has ideas. MacCann has ideas too. Every jackass going the roads thinks he has ideas.” – Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Dr. Wilkins, glad to see you back! I was just thinking about you a few days ago. Hmmm, spooky action at a distance!
It will be good to have you back! While there are greater injustices in the world, I have found your misfortunes personally saddening and outrageous, given your abilities and your decency.
Have you been making fairy circles while not blogging? Is this your work? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/14/science/fairy-circles-australia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below