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
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Ayala to IDers – ‘God is the greatest abortionist’

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Francisco Ayala, one of the world’s greatest evolutionary biologists, AND one of the most renowned biological scientists openly defending ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Language can shape our perception of the world

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This has been a back-and-forth in both philosophy and psychology ever since Benjamin Whorf mythically claimed the Eskimos had 100 different ...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

Darwinism looks to explain collective behavior

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Wired has a great article on what the next frontier, or hurdle if you will, is for the explanatory power of modern neo-Darwinism — the deve...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Irony alert – New York Philharmonic

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The NYPhil is tonight, on its national concert broadcast series, playing Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion,” as conducted a few years ago by Kurt ...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Illiterate science journalism at Morning News confuses nature and nurture

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In a health story today at The Dallas Morning News , (don’t forget the initial capital!) freelancer (I’m sorry, “special contributor”) Elsa...
Monday, March 31, 2008

Science briefs – when Stonehenge and why our blind eyes but not baseball managers?

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When was Stonehenge built and why? The latest research team that plans to tackle details of the when believe it has an answer on the why: ...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Ten items to change the world? I think not

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The new issue of Time touts what it claims as 10 items to change the world’s future . Color me skeptical. First, the list in general sounds...
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