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
Saturday, August 28, 2021

Anil Seth: a new thinker about thinking; but is he actually new?

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He's new to me, at least, but this Guardian interview , with discussion of his ideas and his new book, means I think I need to do more t...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Skeptical about Houdini and his touters

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The piece is more than 4 years old, but I saw it via Pocket. Anyway, I know that Harry Houdini probably had an edge or two or three, but br...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Noam Chomsky, linguistics genius? Not so fast

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Is Noam Chomsky perhaps above my intellectual pay grade? Yes. Genius? No.   Including and above all, not a genius on linguistics. Neuroscie...
Thursday, August 12, 2021

LCMS university Concordia Portland shuts down, denomination faces suits

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 Yes, this is a year old , but shades of my own old St. John's College 35 years ago, still interesting. The reasons are partly similar. ...
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Thursday, August 05, 2021

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra goes backward under Fabio Luisi

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 Yeah, I "get" that the loss of revenue from a mostly live-attendance-free 2020-21 season may tempt the DSO to play yet more warho...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Why does Christian Century hate Palestinians?

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 First, the claim that it does hate Palestinians in general, and Palestinian Christians in particular, is a fair one, based on this open let...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Boo hoo for Catholic fundies crying over the Latin Mass

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Per this AP piece , Francis the Talking Pope has reversed a papal action by Benedict XVI, aka Ratzi the Nazi, which had loosened the reins o...
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