More on black and white physics 14 Jul 200818 Sep 2017 Language Log has a very nice summary of the reasons why some holes are black, and some are white. Humor Politics Race and politics
Australian stuff The Economy Does Not Exist – thoughts prior to the Australian federal election 2019 7 Apr 20197 Apr 2019 In coming days and weeks we are again going to be bombarded with the usual clichés about the economy. This or that will be good for or bad for The Economy. As a philosopher of sorts, I have problems with this. Some background first. In the philosophy of the social… Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Researchers teach gorilla existential angst 31 Mar 2010 I love The Onion. They even get the species right. Read More
Politics Good God. Bush was a force for reason 25 Jul 2009 against Cheney’s wholesale rejection of the rule of law. Read about it here. Read More
Spellcorrecting and adding publisher and ISBN to what I said on the linked-to blog: As a student of a student of John Archibald Wheeler, whose death I mourned earlier this year, I could not help but notice this Australian novel of Science Fiction: Striped Holes, by Damien Broderick, NY: Avon, ISBN-13: 9780380753772 ISBN: 0380753774