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
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Gnu Atheists, hypocrisy, irony, petards and train wrecks

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All of those items in the header are coming together at the "premier" blog site for Gnu Atheists, Freethought Blogs. A blogg...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Failure is an option, and not (necessarily) an orphan

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This is a poem inspired by the column in the previous blog post of mine: Failure IS an option I am not a failure, And I am not t...

Accept failure! Accept half-empty glasses

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Boy, a great column here from The Guardian, and what looks like a book that might be even better at undercutting the New Agey myths abo...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Jesus crucifixion date NOT proven by geologist

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OK, let's spot the errors in this story that claims paleogeology, or whatever the word, proves Jesus was crucified on April 3, 33 CE. ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

A pox on Gnu Atheist and non-Gnu houses alike

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P.Z. Myers, aka Pharyngula, gives space to "Jesus mythicist" Richard Carrier for bashing liberal Jesus scholar Bart Ehrman, who i...
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Monday, April 09, 2012

#SamHarris: benavioralist

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John Horgan just nailed it . And just "nailed" Sam Harris. He's the modern day version of B.F. Skinner in his ardent, even s...
Friday, April 06, 2012

Haiku: The Tell-Tale Boss

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For your Poe-etic reading pleasure: The glassy blue eye Glances, no glares, balefully; His intruding boss. Stressed he is for time As...
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