Humor I should stand for Parliament perhaps 7 May 2010 It’s the going thing in the UK. H/T Leiter. Read More
Book Favourite Terry Pratchett Discworld novels 17 Jun 2010 This popped up on alt.fan.pratchett (yeah, I know, I’m Avoiding Work), so of course I had to. Feel free to disagree, although anyone who dislike Pratchett and the Holy Discworld Scriptures is a lost cause and should not be replied to. Under the fold: Read More
Biology Short sharp definitions 11 Aug 2010 Over on Twitter, Waterstones bookshops are running a competition to define philosophy in 100 characters. My definitions are below, but it got me thinking. Einstein, I think, said that if you can’t explain it in simple words you don’t understand it, and so I wonder if we can do this… Read More
Just one of many great perhaps. Though the idea that you could account for purposefully, supernaturally, directed miraculous events with statistic analysis, designed to account for the normal occurrences within the natural universe, is kind of peculiar.