Newsgroup worries 28 Jul 2008 Those who are getting very agitated, missing out on their Usenet fix of the group talk.origins, which has been dormant for the past few days, should know that Steps Are Being Taken. Stop emailing me. I don’t know any more than this… go take some other stimulant. Alcohol, chocolate, anything! Oh, and on another subject, PZ is reported in the Inside Higher Ed website. Nothing new – that same old positions, ranging from crucifixion to “meh”. Administrative Religion
Ecology and Biodiversity How not to Feyerabend 5 Oct 2007 On Monday night last, Jason Grossman, a philosopher form the Australian National University rang me with an idea. He was coming to my university to give a talk entitled “How to Feyerabend”, arguing that Feyerabend was a dadaist rather than an anarchist. I’d tell you more about his talk, but… Read More
Administrative A new comment policy? 6 May 2011 From Barry Ritholz’s blog Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Pope on evolution: more of the same teleological thinking 26 Apr 201126 Apr 2011 Recently, the Pope did what religious leaders appear increasingly inclined to do on Easter: bash science: Benedict emphasised the Biblical account of creation in his Easter Vigil homily, saying it was wrong to think at some point “in some tiny corner of the cosmos there evolved randomly some species of… Read More
Talk.origins not operating? Hunh! My life has been so much more productive since I broke the habit of t.o. a couple of years ago. Now, instead of being ignored there, I am ignored in so many other places. I hope that people survive! Perhaps they should go outside, take a walk, dig up a fossil, look at some stars, play with their kids.
Hi John, I haven’t worried about talk.origions for maybe 18 months, since Google “Blessed be it’s name” [joke] changed the way that the thread was presented. I went for the various Gods in “RuneScape” after that. Perhaps I shall discover a newsgroup software one day that inspires me to debate “Dr.” Sean Pitman once again, but then again maybe I should stick with Saradomin or Guthix related questions. One day, I must tell you about my ride on a Harley “STSE” model custom. (Chrome *everywhere*, fuel injection in a 110ci motor, open face helmet w/ big grin!) We just moved to Baulkham Hills and I turned up to impress the neighbours on that bike – rotflmao. (signed) marc
Hi John, I haven’t worried about talk.origions for maybe 18 months, since Google “Blessed be it’s name” [joke] changed the way that the thread was presented. I went for the various Gods in “RuneScape” after that. Perhaps I shall discover a newsgroup software one day that inspires me to debate “Dr.” Sean Pitman once again, but then again maybe I should stick with Saradomin or Guthix related questions. One day, I must tell you about my ride on a Harley “STSE” model custom. (Chrome *everywhere*, fuel injection in a 110ci motor, open face helmet w/ big grin!) We just moved to Baulkham Hills and I turned up to impress the neighbours on that bike – rotflmao. (signed) marc