Reed Elsevier accepts criticism, drops arms support 2 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 Well blow me down and call me a dishmop. Reed Elsevier, who I recently criticised for running arms exhibitions while publishing medical and other intellectual journals, and who were boycotted by medical authors, has folded. They are, according to this story, getting out of the arms exhibition business. And so they should. I’d like to think my threat of philosophers boycotting Elsevier journals played a role, but then I’d also like to think that I was living in luxury in French Polynesia… Late note: Hat tip to Grllscientist. Logic and philosophy Politics
Epistemology Plantinga’s EAAN 31 Jan 201231 Jan 2012 A post now up at the Philosopher’s Carnival discusses Alvin Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN), and comment how it is like (not exactly the same) as a global skepticism argument being self-defeating. Plantinga’s argument goes like this: P1. If evolution is true, then we have modified monkey brains. P2…. Read More
Politics Who should be president? 27 Jan 2008 And why would an Australian care? It’s another country, so what business is it of mine? Well, apart from the fact that whoever is US president affects the rest of the world (and historically the best party for Australian benefit is Republican, as their anti-protectionism tends to help Australian exports),… Read More
Censorship Join the Pirate Party now! 17 Jun 2009 As Pastafarians know, global warming is inversely related to the number of pirates in the world. But slightly more seriously, the Pirate Party in Sweden has gained a seat in the EU Parliament. They stand against the encroachment on individual privacy by the increasingly draconian Intellectual Property activists of industry…. Read More
So, do your eyes glow periodically now and do you suddenly find you are speaking with a bass-enhanced voice and harbouring ambitions of ruling the galaxy?
I have to confess, I wasn’t doing much to help the boycott. But, if you go into mathematical physics, avoiding Elsevier is like avoiding Nitrogen. I did feel guilty every time I used them, though.
you are very kind to me. a reader of mine tipped me off to this news — it would have taken me at least 2 days to find it on my own!
you are very kind to me. a reader of mine tipped me off to this news — it would have taken me at least 2 days to find it on my own!