Biological races; differences between groups/populations: reading material
Wikipedia's article on the matter is excellent. I mean it literally, it is a very good wiki article compared to other wiki articles, and a very, very good article compared…
Google+ etc.
Activity is falling on my blogs, for multiple reasons: 1) I now post links and quotes other places than on my blogs, in general. Catch me on Google+. 2) I…
Re: Bertrand Russell’s How I write
I think Russell gives some sensible advice in his short (3 pages) essay How I write. It can be found on the net and in this nice collection of Russell's…
David Stove: What is Wrong with Our Thoughts? A Neo-Positivist Credo
http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/wrongthoughts.html Pretty interesting. Reminds me of what Wittgenstein said "Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language.". Amen.
Unfinished essay
It's not done but I need to share it with a person, so I'll just post it here for now. Some analyses of the broad notion of begging the question…
Re. Ken Binmore – Game Theory – A Very Short Introduction
Page 2 “Even when people haven't thought everything out in advance, it doesn't follow that they are necessarily behaving irrationally. Game theory has had some notable successes in explaining the…
So… your university wants to close some (humanities) department?
Well, one university did and someone wrote a nice open letter to the president of it. It's worth reading. Bonus points if you can spot the etymological fallacy in it.…
Norman Swartz and Raymond Bradley’s Possible Worlds finally available
It has taken some time but now it is available for free on the net. You can find it right here.
Heinlein on time travel
"[speaking of going back in time] I'd particularly like to go back to my own childhood, see if things look as I recall them." Ira blinked. "Run a chance of…