Creationism and Intelligent Design The hope of the future of the Illuminati 15 Apr 2010 With young folk like this on the case, I have hope for the future of the evil atheist conspiracy… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Evolution and its rivals – special issue of Synthese 16 Dec 2010 A special issue of the philosophical journal Synthese covers the topic “Evolution and its rivals”. It is open access until the end of this month, so you can get the papers now. The major discussions centre around intelligent design, which is the nearest to intellectual adequacy that creationism gets. There… Read More
Philosophy Update 16 Apr 201221 Jun 2018 I spent the weekend going to the Global Atheist Conspiracy Convention, courtesy of PZ Myers, the organisers, and Neil Thomason who drove me. I will write some extended reflections on it over the next few days, but I have a lot of things to resolve first, like how to shower,… Read More
First God tells us that not only is the end of the world nigh, but also upon us, who merely creepeth on the earth. Amidst our wailing and self flagellation, pleading and protestations the end comes. The mind, the world, is blank. Only the void. Then a voice from the heavens comes down. ‘Sorry for the leaky downtime at the end of the universe – bad plug in.’ Oh torture upon torture for our sins. I think I’ll go and sit in my wardrobe for an hour or two.
This is a pity John. More than ninety comments expressing that sentiment within a few days of your announcement. Ninety is surely not “almost zero”, considering that the expectation of visitors to your blog, whether lurkers or commenters, is quality not quantity. There is a malaise abroad in Australia at the moment, at least among those of us who look further afield than the state of a footy team, brought on by the antics of our elected representatives. A general feeling of anger and alienation. I think that this is true, whether you lean to the right or left and I am sure philosophers are not immune. I hope you will reconsider when things improve.