Video series: Everything is a remix
A very good series of videos that nicely demonstrate how creativ works/meems ar made from copys of parts of oldr creativ works/meems. Lots of exampls. Enjoy! :) http://www.everythingisaremix.info/ Everything is…
Dawkins: “Viruses of the mind”
If u havnt red it, it is definitly worth reeding: http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Dawkins/viruses-of-the-mind.html Altho i think that Dawkins is rong about th degree to wich sientific ideas show virus-like symtms. Surely, ther…
Dennett (1995) and th modal falacy
“In the "weak form," it is a sound, harmless, and on occasion useful application of elementary logic: if x is a necessary condition for the existence of y, and y…
Reeding material: Meta-filosofy, bad thinking and bad languaj
I hav beleevd for many years that th clarity of one's languaj corelates (both ways) very much with how clearly one thinks, hence th name of my blogs. I hav…
Swartz and Bradley on Janus-faced sentences
Exerpt from Possible Worlds. It is a pees of very useful information. --------- Janus-faced sentences The method of possible-worlds testing is not only an invaluable aid towards resolving ambiguity; it…
LessWrong: Intuitions and Philosophy
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Intuitions_and_Philosophy This is a great series on the role of intuitions in modrn filosofy and how fruitles that aproach is. It is both siens [science] and meta-filosofy. I agree with…
Paper: R. Lynn and P. Irwing – Sex differences on the Progressive Matrices a meta-analysis
A frend wantd this. It is a reconstruction based on a scan. Som of the tabls ar mising, but it is reedabl. R. Lynn and P. Irwing - Sex differences…
Three logicians walk into a bar: a formal explanation
http://spikedmath.com/445.html ----- Let E refer to the propositions expressed by the sentence: “Everyone wants beer” “everyone” refers to the three people on the right. Let's call them “a”, “b”, “c”…
Comment to Women, Fire, Dangerous things
Lakoff, p. 148 “Let us consider a simple example of a presupposition. (a) I regret that Harry left. (b) I don't regret that Harry left. (c) Harry left. Normally, the…
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