Tag: philosophy
member name: Ian Thorpe
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December 04, 2007 01:14 PM EST --
Today’s revelation that chimps regularly outperformed human students in a series of intelligence tests comes as a blow to beleaguered education ministers trying to fend of criticism about failing . . .
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October 23, 2009 12:02 PM EDT --
As usual this post, originally published at Boggart Blog is a bit late arriving at Gather.
Following the shock of last week’s announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 had been awarded . . .
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February 20, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard,
English Translation published by Bloomsbury USA
Reviewed by Ian Thorpe
http://www.amazon.com/Talk-About-Books-Havent-Read/dp/1596914696 . . .
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April 11, 2008 12:14 PM EDT --
Thinking Outside The Bubble
Readers who prefer a larger typeface with more whitespace between lines may like to read this article at Greenteeth Multi Media The link opens the page in . . .
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November 07, 2006 11:22 AM EST --
1 November 2006
Its that time of year again when as a good pagan I should be recovering from my naked romp over Pendle Hill where on Halloween night we meet to cavort around under the . . .
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March 21, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
Peccavimus
(we have sinned)
The world spins endlessly around
its dying sun in endless space.
Seers and science seek a sign;
are we alone or might we be
mutations of an older race
planted . . .
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December 08, 2007 12:30 PM EST --
More and more often we hear the phrase "the wisdom of crowds" being used to explain the stupidity of the Internet and those who profit from it. It is a stupid line in many ways, not least because . . .
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January 22, 2008 12:32 PM EST --
Rethinking My Beliefs
As readers know I am not at all a religious person. The belief system I find closest to my view of life is Druidism. Now Druids have suffered a lot from the negative spin put . . .
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February 21, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
One of the big news items of last week was the story of the baby about eighteen months old in Tennessee who was carried into the air by a tornado but safely deposited in a nearby field to be found by . . .
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April 09, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
Part 1 of 2 on the question that has kept scientists arguing for years - mostly because it belongs in the realm of philosophy. Lots of humour is this take on the topic.
Readers who prefer an eye . . .
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May 20, 2006 12:10 PM EDT --
Spring has arrived late this year, but the warm days are arriving and the main flowers in the garden are coming into bud; Geraniums, Lavender, Cistus, Hollyhocks. The early flowering shrubs are almost . . .
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November 29, 2007 01:25 PM EST --
OK, I know. That title is just calculated to a certain type of person. But truly the dead can speak to us from the past of things in the present, as I will now prove.
Alakazoo Alakazam! . . .
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October 06, 2009 11:22 AM EDT --
The post is a bit late arriving at Gather having come as usual from my UK site Boggart Blog where it was online on 4th Ocober to mark the 40th anniversay of the first episode of Monty . . .
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March 02, 2008 12:44 PM EST --
An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all: - Oscar Wilde.
This is not a book review as such, after recently posting a review of a book titled How To Talk About . . .
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March 18, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
What's the difference between a Christian and a stockbroker?
The stockbroker knows he's lying
Jesus died on the cross for your sins.
So why beat yourself up with guilt? Enjoy your . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:41 PM EDT --
A LARGE PRINT version of this is available at Greenteeth Multi Media Follow the link to open the pager in a new window. A button is provided to close the Greenteeth window and return you . . .
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March 31, 2008 12:32 PM EDT --
Part 3 of the Series A Short History of Abortion and Contraception.
Read earlier parts first: Part 1 Cavewomen and Contraception Part 2 Bronze Age Birth Control
Readers who prefer LARGER . . .
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April 02, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Part 4 and conclusion of the Series A Short History of Abortion and Contraception.
Read earlier parts first: Part 1 Cavewomen and Contraception Part 2 Bronze Age Birth Control Part 3 . . .
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February 05, 2008 12:03 PM EST --
Some time ago my dear friend Sandy Knauer drew my attention to a quasi-religious organisation named Quiverfull. Sandy wanted me to have a shot at writing a satirical article ridiculing these idiots whose . . .
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March 08, 2008 12:52 PM EST --
If someone tried to tell you God is a tea pot you would laugh, or I hope you would; most of you at least.
But how can we possibly know that God is not a tea pot?
A twentieth century philosopher, . . .
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