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… Creationism and Intelligent Design Humor Philosophy Pop culture
Humor Sunday sermon: part of the in-crowd 10 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 The world is divided, runs the old joke (which I heard when it wasn’t so old), into two kinds: those who divided the world into two kinds, and those who don’t. [There’s actually an interesting feature of the history of logic here that… never mind. Later.] We all, or very… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Carroll v. Craig – a telling comment 25 Feb 2014 Sean Carroll just debated William Lane Craig. In his summing up, Sean wrote In terms of style, from my perspective things got a bit frustrating, because the following pattern repeated multiple times: Craig would make an argument, I would reply, and Craig would just repeat the original argument. For example,… Read More
Biology Notes on novelty 3: The meaning of evolutionary novelty 26 Dec 201115 Jan 2012 Notes on Novelty series: 1. Introduction 2. Historical considerations – before and after evolution 3: The meaning of evolutionary novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell 5: Evolutionary radiations and individuation 6: Levels of description 7: Surprise! 8: Conclusion – Post evo-devo Given that novelty plays such a big role in the… Read More
I still prefer my formulation: “Critters whose perceptual and cognitive apparatus produce unreliable representations of (relevant aspects of) their word tend to end up as lunch for critters whose apparatus gives them more reliable representations.”
Keep looking for the information! It’s definitely out there though. Especially on the Invaluable Disk!