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
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Hindus want to reclaim yoga

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A group of ardent Hindus, some called "Hindu nationalists," want to reclaim yoga to what they claim are its Hindu roots. An eclec...

Too bad PZ Myers can't write an unbiased poll

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In his parting shot about whether a convention called Skepticon should be about skepticism or atheism (such a convention could discuss, of c...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Petrified wood, petrified psyche

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PETRIFIED Massive, towering trees Were transformed into stone In the twinkling of a geological eye. All the remains petrified 300 million ye...

Nostalgia, time, feelings, and the difficulties of language

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NOSTALGIA AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF THE NOW I looked in Carefree, and found coffee, But not that Starbucks where you and I sat. I moved on d...

Desert ambivalence: a poem

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DESERT AMBIVALENCE I love the desert — in small doses. I love its variety, if sharp and sere, Frm slickrock redness of Utah To the tangled s...

Is Michael Shermer a racialist?

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Years ago, the editor of Skeptic magazine had made it clear through his blogging that he was a thoroughgoing, and thoroughly nonskeptical, e...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Reason trumps religion, even in Bible Belt, at times

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Out here in Odessa, Texas, aka Bushville with a capital B (he grew up 20 miles east, in Midland) a man was convicted of Murder 1 today , wit...
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