The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly

This is a slice of my philosophical, lay scientific, musical, religious skepticism, and poetic musings. (All poems are my own.) The science and philosophy side meet in my study of cognitive philosophy; Dan Dennett was the first serious influence on me, but I've moved beyond him. The poems are somewhat related, as many are on philosophical or psychological themes. That includes existentialism and questions of selfhood, death, and more. Nature and other poems will also show up here on occasion.

The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly
Friday, November 30, 2007

Texas science ed director resigns over ID-creationist pressure

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Texas’ state science education commissioner, Chris Comer, has resigned in what she calls a forced resignation over her refusal to turn a b...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Aggressive woman gets the guy

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At least in the antelope world . I wonder how some of the more sexist practitioners of Evolutionary Psychology (vs. real proponents of evolu...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Shouldn’t churches be rendering unto Caesar rather than building shopping malls, etc?

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I look askance on churches entering the business world , even if their for-profit operations pay property, sales and other taxes. The “succe...

Does God do bloopers? Now online: GodTube

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Or, at least, does people’s idea of God do bloopers? Find out at GodTube . Lemme see, for Christians: 1. Mary trying to explaing “and the Ho...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

FBI criminal profiling – little more than psychics’ “cold reading”

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Why the FBI needs even more reform than just being dragged into the Computer Era Cold reading is what pseudo-telepathic frauds like James va...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

PLATONISM AS PSYCHOLOGICAL BALM

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When I was younger, I believed in the Platonic ideal. I especially believed in the ideal of myself; Perfect, and so, incorporeal. The Platon...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Top books: Amazon readers weigh in

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And, so do Amazon’s editors. Read both their lists of top-100 books . From the editors, on the nonfiction side, there’s sublists of top-10s ...
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