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 25, 2025

Did Josephus really, REALLY write the Testimonium Flavianum?

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Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ by T. C. Schmidt My rating: 1 of 5 stars If Schmidt's purpose was to convi...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

LCMS prez Matthew Harrison headfakes, then dives back into full wingnuttery.

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Harrison, the president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the US's largest fundamentalist (you are) religious body, is trying to th...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Biblical criticism roundup tidbits

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' James McGrath gets called out for getting Judeophobia backward, and it's kind of hilarious, too. It's the biblical criticis...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

The latest questionability from r/AcademicBiblical

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First, touting this historical Jesus conference hosted by Bart Ehrman. We know Bart's gotten Jesus wrong on the claim he preached JW an...
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Tidbits from the New Search for the historical Jesus

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In this Academia piece , from 2010, a number of scholars answer three questions about the " New Search ." The first question: Is t...
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...
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