Jon Stewart is the New Socrates 23 Oct 2007 According to a book mentioned by Greg Dahlman at blog.bioethics.net. He notes that this makes Stephen Colbert Plato. I think it makes Hilary Clinton Aristotle, and Richard Dawkins Epicurus, although the sequence is a bit messed up. Humor Logic and philosophy
Administrative Ugly old guy 27 Oct 2008 Readers: if you haven’t eaten lately, hover your mouse over the Snowflake avatar to the left. Give it a bit of time and you will see what I look like when I shave. Clicking on it merely takes you to Barcelona Zoo’s page on my avatar. Read More
Logic and philosophy Flew, into the Cuckoo’s Nest 3 Nov 2007 Sorry about that pun – it’s been around for a while since Antony Flew, quandam philosopher and “Darwinian”, announced he was converting to a kind of deism. Jon Pieret, who often comments on this blog when he should be writing for his own, covers the facts as far as we… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Wilkins on screen 10 Nov 2009 Proving that I have a great face for radio, you can see the second (but not for some reason, the first) of two video interviews (vlogs) that I did for NYC Atheists recently. There’s a really good shot of my right shoulder giving a talk about one third of the… Read More
I think that would make Bob Newhart, Thales of Militus, George Carlin would be Solon, and Richard Pryor, Pericles. Lenny Bruce, of course, is Moses.