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
Evolution Evolution, or as we call it, EFF Theory 7 Apr 201122 Jun 2018 <img src=”//evolvingthoughts.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/smbc-eff.png” width=”383″ height=”343″”> Read More
History Chocolate history 20 Jan 2013 Reader Jeb McLeish has brought to my attention an early attempt to do the metaphysics of chocolate: The Natural History of Chocolate by D. de Quelus (1730): The Spaniards, who were first acquainted with Chocolate after the Conquest of the new World, have laid it down for an undoubted Truth, that Chocolate is cold and… Read More
Education More on the CT teacher case 8 May 2010 It now appears that the teacher who was forbidden to teach evolution because it was “philosophically unsatisfying” (ORLY?) was done so by the headmaster, Mark Ribbens, alone. Ribbens tried to impugn teacher Mark Tangarone, a teacher in the Talented and Gifted Program (TAG), by falsely claiming he was “a disgruntled… 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