I thought this guy was me when I first read the subtitle of his blog. But I am not a mac-user. His criticism of Sullivan is similar to mine though. Sullivan champions an idealized form of conservatism that is so … Continue reading
The Church of England was like the kindly old man who lived down the road. Continue reading
The recent flurry of humanist literature is partly a reaction to the re-emergence of creationism as a challenge to evolution. But, in this piece, My God Problem, Natalie Angier wonders why scientists don’t worry about the more central Christian beliefs. … Continue reading
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I am listening to Penn (of Penn and Teller) interviewing Richard Dawkins as I type. Dawkins just used the phrase, quoting Dennet, “belief in belief” to describe the tone of many of the reviewers of his new book The God … Continue reading
Most people think of politics in terms of left and right. Continue reading
I posted this When we create laws to prevent immoral behavior, we make society less moral to provoke Jeff’s philosopher into telling me which book to go read. I was expecting something from the 20th century. He found something a … Continue reading
Raph Koster uses an analogy with sports to make a point about structure in multi-player games. He chose the wrong sport though. First some terminology. Most of the recent online games require you to choose a class (a healer, a … Continue reading