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, November 30, 2023

KERA management hasn't changed one thing at WRR

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 Appromimately a year ago, Dallas-Fort Worth's (actually Denton's) National Public Radio station, KERA, took over management of Dall...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Good Associated Press article on the "Nones"

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 The best parts of the piece are two, in my opinion. The first is, contra Gnu Atheists, this: They’re the atheists, the agnostics, the “noth...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

Trumpian headache for LCMS prez Matty Harrison grows

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 His Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor from Illinois, the Revvvvvvv. (Rush Limbaugh voice, political wingnuts) Stephen C. Lee, one of Fu...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

"Conspirituality" is not all it cracks itself up to be

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Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat by Derek Beres My rating: 2 of 5 stars Ultimately, a mini-...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Nice Catholic school hypocrisy

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 An area Catholic high school had an alumna "cheer-off" for homecoming recently. Groups of classes across decades performed at hal...
Thursday, November 09, 2023

More stupidity, and moderator fails, at r/AcademicBiblical

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This person asking how Matthew and Luke could "invent" the birth stories. Not a fundagelical, though. Dutch, not German, appare...
Thursday, November 02, 2023

Standing Josiah and Deuteronomy on their heads

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We start with a recent study by Paul Davidson, author of the "Is that in the Bible?" website. "The 'Fire from Heshbon...
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