Religious Disagreement and Equal Weight

Brian Weatherson on Religious disagreement and equal epistemic weights.

SEP on Deleuze

SEP on Deleuze. (HT: Continental Philosophy) I’ve started Difference and Repetition a few times and never made it that far. I probably should make an other go. He and Badiou are two philosophers I want to study more in depth. I also would like to make a second pass on Frege [...]

My Indiana Jones Review

My Indiana Jones review. Also my Apple TV review.

Knowledge: Why Do You Draw the Line?

Back in the first trump post CEF asked a more religious question. If there are no trumps would that eviscerate the foundation of the LDS Church or any group that claims to be the one true Church. (For example Christianity as a whole) This was tied to a comment Michael made. [...]

The Clone Wars

The Clone Wars. No not Lucas’ monstrosity but why Apple will never let their OS run legally on non-Apple hardware.

The Gospel of Judas

Did National Geographic mislead with the Gospel of Judas?

Misc Tech News

OK, just for your interest a few things too long to put on the sideblog. Not the normal philosophy stuff. But pretty interesting.

LED Light Bulbs Hit Market

LED light bulbs hit the market. At $100 that’s a bit too pricey for me even if, in theory, it works out to $6 a year.

Human Microbiome Project

The Human Microbiome Project (NYT free sub required) I’d heard of the mapping of human proteins but this is a new one to me. It’ll probably be very instructive and lead to some major breakthroughs. I suspect seeing the human body as an ecology (or more accurately ecologies) can explain a lot [...]

Chutes and Ladders

Why you should play chutes and ladders.

Is Blogging Good for You?

Is blogging good for you.

Mormon Wasp Shuts Down

Mormon Wasp shuts down. One of the best historical blogs on Mormonism. Fortunately there are a few history oriented blogs like Juvenile Instructor, Keep a Pitchin and to a degree Faith Promoting Rumor. Give me academic oriented blogs over general chit-chat any day.

Future FLDS Legal Action

Future legal action against the FLDS at Volokh. This after the Texas Appeals Court ruled children must be returned. It’ll be interesting to see how this shakes out. Utah AG Mark Shurtleff wouldn’t say “I told you so” on TV but basically suggested Texas should have saw this coming. Presumably Texas [...]

Are Public Intellectuals Extinct?

Are public intellectuals extinct? I’m not sure if not having “mega” intellectuals like Chomsky on the left or Buckley on the right is a good or bad thing.

Why Switchgrass

Why switchgrass? Why switchgrass was selected as the ideal bio-fuel. Of course there are a few other interesting alternatives such as algae.

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