The sublime in popular science
I presented a little paper the other day that was a brief introduction to my research (PDF). There’s not too much gobbledygook in there as it’s written for a general reader.
The work of Jamie Freestone and Mathew McGann
I presented a little paper the other day that was a brief introduction to my research (PDF). There’s not too much gobbledygook in there as it’s written for a general reader.
Three of these statements are false: This statement is true. The last statement is consistent with this one. “Bertlmann” has an “A” in it. Oxford is further North than Vienna.
Reading an article co-authored by a genuinely clever dude I know, Tom Swann, I had a few of my thoughts on climate change crystallise. Or maybe they glaciated. Apparently Harvard
It’s both impossible and stupid to not judge others. This is too obvious for words, except that I repeatedly find myself being accused1)Somewhat judgementally. of “judging people” as though it were the
An opinion piece on education? I know. Don’t worry this is less than a thousand words. In rich countries the education system we currently have is frequently and enjoyably criticised
In a well anthologised quotation, the philosopher Jean-François Lyotard defined the postmodern condition as “incredulity towards metanarratives”. We all need more incredulity, especially towards the large, totalising explanations of the world
There is a significant overlap between those who criticise Islam and those who have a cultural fear of Middle Eastern Muslim migrants. The latter is surely what people mean when they speak of Islamophobia:
No absurdist black comedy here, no self-referential meta-games, no antitheistic polemics. This is actually a sincere post, summarising what I’ve really been thinking about for five years and what I