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, August 28, 2025

Brendan the History Nerd Toddler, the cult-followed book review idiot

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This guy on Goodreads. He calls himself, after his name, "History Nerds United." Worse, he has a website , which he started thre...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Note to Aldous Huxley: Wherever you go, there you are

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Per this Vice piece, contra Aldous Huxley and "Island," his 1962 anti-quel (how's that for a mash-up) to "Brave New World...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

The varieties of free will – and determinism – not worth discussing

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This is a lightly updated version of a piece at my main blog site. To riff on Dan Dennett, in part, with that title, that's my take on t...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

Top blogging, second quarter of 2025

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 We're actually more than a month into the third quarter, but I still like to do these little roundups and reviews. With that said, not ...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Catholic hypocrisy in Fort Worth

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 Almost immediately after the death of Pope Francis, Bishop Michael Olson, bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, issued an official statement...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Nathan J. Robinson channels his inner Peter Singer — for SHRIMP!

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Yes, you read that right. Nathan J. Robinson, via Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla, channels his inner Peter Singer, as in the Australian utilitarian...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

United Methodist Church crack-up gets more serious

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I wrote in detail about the basics about 18 months ago. The crackup itself was ultimately not so totally much about theology — ie, gay marr...
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