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 26, 2023

More trouble for Matty the LCMS boss with Trumpy pastors

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 "Matty," as I love to call him, is THE (Rush Limbaugh type voice), Matthew Harrison, ongoing president and almost president-for-l...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Christianity is "weak," says Religious Right 2.0; Russell Moore may be hypocritical on call-out

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That's per this Tumblr-length brief from The New Republic. (Sadly, it spoils itself by linking to a longer piece by Nat-Sec Nutsack Bry...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Anal-retentive liars by implication among the mods at r/religion

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 I've been banned for a week as of Thursday, and am sure that I'll be permabanned when I drop this post as part of my comments, and ...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

James Ossuary grifting tour headed to Tex-ass

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  The Texas Monthly notes in a guest piece by Nina Burleigh that some Religious Right group, with the name of "The Nazarene," i...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Gustavo Dudamel at the NY Philharmonic: why?

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 I heard the news that Gustavo Dudamel would replace Jaap van Zweden at music director at the NY Phil on Sirius' Symphony Hall while on...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Once more unto the Heideggerian breach

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You can't go wrong when doing a mash-up of famous Shakespearean phrases (for $1,000, Alex) and amateur philosophical scrivening, can you...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023

And more wrongness at r/Academic Biblical

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 Multiple comments on this question post about " The Woman Taken in Adultery " pericope are wrong, based on the text-critical iss...
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