Biology Around the internets 23 Jul 2009 Razib has a post on a paper in BMC Evolutionary Biology that shows, fairly well, I thought, that Australian aborigines are most closely related to relict populations of indigenous Indian tribes. They are touting this as evidence that the “southern route” from Africa was the one taken by the Australians… Read More
Humor If the UN calls a world philosophy day and doesn’t tell anyone… 20 Nov 2008 … has it still happened? Anyway, the BBC, bless ’em, has had philosopher David Bain pose four philosophical questions to mark the epistemologically problematic day: 1. Should we kill healthy people for their organs? 2. Are you the same person who started reading this article? 3. Is that really a… Read More
The best damn reason I can think of for crossing national borders … much less the International Date Line.
I’m confused. They have beer in Australia? Oh, I see! PZ’s going to Australia to get away from beer! No. That can’t be right. Do they beer in Utah?
Engaging religion at a scientific level seems a bit like arguing, “If apples did fall sideways, would they fall to the left or the right?” Does philosophy on occasion, with a somewhat theistic past, fall into a similar trap? I think it’s time I emailed you a second mechanism to natural selection, hopefully in time for you and PZ to discuss it over a pint, if you find it of interest. Kind of have a mechanism on me. Yours John Somerwill.
They’re your thumbs. And the tenured Associate Professor is seeking free drinks from the unemployed academic? Sure, I’ll buy a few…
He actually goes easier on the beer than he pretends. At least when he came to Mexico, at dinner I saw him drink very little. An Mexican beers are far better than USAmerican ones.
Ribozyme caught me. Yes, I’m old and cunning, and the way I manage to outlast my younger competition is by stealthily nursing one beer along for a considerable time. I suspect that John has not yet seen the error of his ways. Stubborn ol’ git.
Hey! I drank orange juice, remember? Mind you, I had beers the night before, but if I recall correctly, you had two beers on your lap that night. At the same time!
As a former Sydney Uni Student and now current University of Utah philosophy grad student I have to say the beer here is surprisingly good. The stuff on tap is shit but the local bottle brew are as good as any back home if not better in the case of some. I know many of the SHIFT (secular humanism and freethought) students here and they said PZ’s talk was great. I unfortunate to miss it, I ripped the ligaments off my ankle and was in an opiate haze for the day; not bad as the state John is in just now. Hope you are alright!