The origins of fundamentalism 5 Nov 201122 Jun 2018 Feed the Porifera… Evolution Humor Religion Science
Censorship Defending liberal democracy 17 Mar 20094 Oct 2017 I urge people to go read Russell Blackford’s submission to the Human Rights consultative committee in Australia. It deals with the changes and challenges to civil liberties in the modern era and although Australia-focussed, it generalises well once you get past our odd spelling conventions and local events. Read More
Biology Ranking 24 Aug 2010 A diversion in the natural classification series. In natural classification, we typically do not find that patterns due to the process of historical causation come arrayed neatly in boxes within boxes, and yet one of the most common temptations is for classifiers to set up fixed ranks. The Linnaean scheme… Read More
Fundamentalism huh? A true sense of ‘self’ projected universally is called The Observer The essence of Chinese culture is that 1.3 billion people are all the same. The party is The Guardian Is China autistic friendly?