Why agnostics don’t have holidays 6 Aug 2010 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bp2Eqrvuis&feature=player_embedded] Courtesy of Leiter Epistemology Humor Philosophy Religion
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Philosophy hand signals 20 Mar 201122 Jun 2018 Courtesy of Brian Leiter, the APA Philosophy Referee Handsignals. I now want someone to make these into semaphore format. And for Sam Harris: Read More
Administrative The “who” thread 8 Jul 2010 I am, as they say in The Home Country, gobsmacked. I expected that I would have a few geeks (I’m a Geek! Say it Loud!) who read me because I was sort of interesting. Instead I find Phuds, scientists, philosophers and just plain interesting people. If one is judged by… Read More
Evolution Homology 16 Jun 2010 In a recent Nature, R. John Ellis, author of How Science Works, takes exception to Eugenie Scott’s review and says this about her use of “homology”: The word was invented in 1843 by anatomist Richard Owen to mean “the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and… Read More
Well, Christmas is a mish-mash of Saturnalia and Germanic pagan symbolism (and Jesus I guess). But for all the agnostic academics…… Cogito Ergo Summer
You go to other people’s homes for holidays. If they pray at any time during the festivities, you think about what’s on TV the next day or compose a shopping list (hmm, Tide, bread, milk, Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems magazine) or judge everyone’s clothing and haircuts (cousin Elvis really needs a new outfit).