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Category Archives: Philosophy
Science is about the universe that is: Design is about the multiverse that might be
From a recent podcast interview with Tyson Yunkaporta This post began as a comment on David Walker’s post on David Card’s Nobel Prize for his study which showed that at least in the situation he investigated a smallish rise in … Continue reading
Fatalism and counterfactuals in times of lockdowns
One of the more curious phenomena of the last 18 months has been the fatalism on display on both sides of the lockdown divide. In the anti-lockdown brigade fatalism props up in the guise of “this was the inevitable outcome … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus crisis, Cultural Critique, Dance, Death and taxes, Life, Philosophy
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On Faust, Lord of the Rings, and lockdowns
A major theme in our book “the Great Covid Panic” (now also on Kindle!) is how a whole layer of politicians, medical advisers, and opportunistic business people grabbed the opportunity for more power and money during the lockdowns of 2020-2021. … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus crisis, Dance, Death and taxes, Health, History, Life, Philosophy, Social
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Midnight’s Library
On the strength of nothing more than the fact that it’s Audible’s free book of the month, I’ve started listening to Midnight’s library. It’s fun and engaging. I’ll copy and paste a review with which I broadly agree and then … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Philosophy
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Lockdowns and liberty
This short post grew out of a response to Paul Frijters on another thread. Naturally enough, those who don’t want to lockdown are telling us about our precious liberties. You know those we fought for at Gallipoli, and Iraq and … Continue reading
Guest post from John Burnheim
John sent me the text below in response to reading my essay on John Macmurray. As you may know he trained as a priest and after many decades lost his faith. He is now in his nineties and must have … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Religion
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