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
Thursday, September 26, 2019

More problems for reincarnationists

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Stimulated by reading a book Michael Shermer wrote last year, I've identified two more explanatory problems for the people who tout rein...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Benjamin Libet dethroned; what replaces him?

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I had never before known what the backstory was of the Libet experiments, what inspired Benjamin Libet. And now I do. It would se...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Conspiracy theories: the new Gnosticism

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The psychology of conspiracy thinkers appears complex. On the surface, it might seem simple. More and more social psychology research...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Science and greed, Morozov and Horgan,
Brockman and Edge and ethical cold takes

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The Edge Foundation is well known to science and philosophy fanbois and fangrrlz, including myself, with its big "annual question...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Luther vs Eck, 1519

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I just got to thinking the other day that, with the 95 Theses ( and legendary claims about them ) two years ago, I probably "should...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Personal critical theology on Daniel 7-9

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This is derived from answers to three Quora questions, separately on Daniel 7, 8, and 9, requested by a John Bonham. (No, I didn't m...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Can you get an "ought" from an "is"?

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The traditional answer ever since the middle of the 1700s, per David Hume on the is ≠ ought problem , is a semi-clear to clear no. But, Ma...
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