Vampires and crosses 11 Sep 2009 This is the best take on that cliché I’ve ever read, especially the last sentence. Humor
Biology Taxonomist’s revenge 21 Jun 2009 There’s a long and distinguished history of taxonomists taking revenge upon friends and enemies (sometimes simultaneously!) by naming unpleasant things after them. Linnaeus himself named an ugly useless weed after his major critic, Siegesbeck, who had attacked the “sexual system” of Linnaean botany. More recently, Quentin Wheeler named three types… Read More
Humor “More than a theory” Lyrics 6 Nov 2009 After I made a bad pun on the alt.fan.pratchett Usenet group, SteveD came up with this: More than a theory (to the tune of Boston’s “More than a feeling”) I woke up this morning and the sun still shone Bath of neutrinos to start my day The spectrum’s light was… Read More
History It’s official – Wittgenstein wins in a landslide 11 Mar 2009 Leiter’s poll has Wittgenstein beating Frege. I’m disappointed that Peirce didn’t get a higher ranking, and astonished the Nietzsche did. Read More