Roundup 3 Jan 2008 Some bloggable items not worth a post on their own: George MacDonald Fraser died. The author of the Flashman series, which I loved. Creating one of the best rogues in literature, Fraser also managed to get the history right. Peter Hare died. Hare was one of the leading moral philosophers of the 20th Century. Bradie and Harms have updated the excellent SEP entry on evolutionary epistemology. Godfrey-Smith and Sterelny have updated their excellent piece on biological information also in SEP. I missed this at the time (October). Evolution History
History Not Good Ideas #1 26 Jun 2009 Yeah, like this isn’t going to end with Jeff Goldblum in the back of an SUV running away very quickly… Read More
Evolution Birds up 6 Nov 200718 Sep 2017 I can’t believe Laelaps beat me to this (shows how on the ball he is) but he’s just noted a paper that I watched getting written, and discussed in detail with Chris Glen, a very smart and talented young paleontologist, before I got to. So I will now, before he… Read More
General Science Only government approved labs can do experiments, see? 13 Aug 2008 A retired chemist has had his home lab confiscated in Maryland because a government official was scared of it. Sayeth Robert Thompson: Pamela Wilderman, the code enforcement officer for Marlboro, stated, “I think Mr. Deeb has crossed a line somewhere. This is not what we would consider to be a… Read More