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, February 20, 2011

Loch Ness Monster cousin is NOT found

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In the British paper the Telegraph, there's a gullible story claiming that someone with a cell phone caught a picture of "Brownes...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Don't fret over Watson too much?

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Wired reminds us that Ken Jennings' human brain used as much energy as a 12-watt light bulb on Jeopardy, while Watson the computer need...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

New life for the old EEG?

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A couple of Toronto doctors say yes, that they can make it worth more than fMRIs, PET scans, etc. Two Toronto doctors are claiming to have...

Neuroscience roundup - brains, guts, meds

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Antipsychotic drugs could be shrinking brains . A large study seems to offer a fair degree of confirmation. I think, among other things, we ...

Academia — hotbed of liberal bias? Or conservative isolation?

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Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says yes , and, if Michael Shermer is Twittering about this — AND getting info wrong ... the 6-1 ratio i...
Friday, February 04, 2011

Sam Harris' Immoral Landscape

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Sam Harris' "The Moral Landscape," much lauded by many reflexive, relatively unthinking New Atheists who have made him into a ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

NYT has narrow views on classical music

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There's an interactive poll on a New York Times page right now, where you can vote for your top 10 classical musicians . That said, it...
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