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
Education Yeah, I’m teaching too 14 Feb 2013 As always, click through, and press the red button… Read More
Philosophy In which I upset PZ, again, by not knowing 29 Jun 2010 Ron Rosenbaum has written a piece in Slate on agnosticism, in which he generously quotes an Australian “scientist”, that is, me. Oh dear. This is going to set the cat among the pigeons. And indeed one such cat, my friend and sparring partner PZ Myers, has already responded. Read and… Read More
General Science Scientific bloopers 4 May 2008 On a newsgroup that shall remain Nameless, one of the regulars, Bill Reich, just heard on the History Channel: Smilodon is the ancestor of all the modern big cats. Oy! So this thread is for egregiously* wrong statements made on erstwhile factual television shows. Please state where you heard it,… 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!