Watch Wilkins from Space 14 Dec 2008 The Wilkins Ice Shelf, of course. The European Space Agency has a “satcam” up for you to see how it’s going. General Science
Evolution The greatest threat: antimodernism 27 Apr 200818 Sep 2017 In the thread on the recent debate between Winston and Dennett, I said that I thought the greatest threat to scientific progress and rationality was antimodernism, which was not always religious. Here, I’m going to elaborate on that cryptic comment. Read More
Evolution The World According to Genesis: Moral Knowledge 6 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 Like any middle eastern deity, YHWHW Elohim is a fairly petty individual. He doesn’t want competition from his creations, so he blocks access to the “Tree of Life”, which is a magical tree whose fruit can make you live forever. We have two magical trees, a corporeal deity of limited knowledge and good will, a snake that talks and has intentions like any trickster god to thwart the designs of the deity, and a justification for wearing clothes, which is not a matter just of shame, but of intended purpose. Read More
Epistemology Does philosophy generate knowledge? 2 Sep 20122 Sep 2012 So Larry has responded. Go read it. I’ll wait…. Back? Good. Let me address some of the points there. Not all of them, because most of them I have already addressed in previous posts. I’ll link them at the end of this one. But the most important ones. The first… Read More
The metaphor hadn’t escaped me. I’m fat, all wet, and my future is uncertain. But I’m far from frigid, and penguins don’t shit on me.
Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?
Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?
Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?
Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?
Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?
I’ve been watching it, and that ice bridge is getting real narrow at the far end. I’m thinking a clean break pretty dang soon.
I’ve been watching it, and that ice bridge is getting real narrow at the far end. I’m thinking a clean break pretty dang soon.