I’m about to give a keynote… in Poland 4 Jul 20124 Jul 2012 This is a brave new world. I’m about to give a keynote address to the Naturalizing Religion conference in Kazimierz Dolny in Poland. Or I would be if their internet hadn’t just died completely. Stay tuned for further news of the way things go wrong at the very last moment (people were filing into the room!). I think the gods haven’t forgiven me for disbelieving. I should add: I’m in Wollongong Australia. But it’s no go today. The entire town’s internet just died. I swear it wasn’t me. Epistemology Philosophy Religion
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That’s hilarious. I’ve spent a fair bit of time in Poland, and the internet dies quite a lot, along with many other technologies. They are trying so hard to shake that “backwards Eastern European” image, and I love them for it, but the results are mixed at best. For example, when my vehicle broke down, my Polish mechanic tried to fix it by jamming cardboard into the engine, which proceeded to catch on fire. True story.
Well, I’ve got more bad news. PZ has declared you a “kind” of atheist (shades of Henry Morris!). http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/04/what-kind-of-atheist-are-you/