Month: February 2010
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Achilles and Patroclus
by Jason Stotts I hate when writers or directors anachronistically rewrite history to conform to their own beliefs and prejudices. This is very apparent in the case of Achilles, who is often portrayed at being overcome by grief at the death of his cousin Patroclus, who dies at the hands of Hector. This is why…
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Mr. Deity and the Really Hard Time
by Jason Stotts If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Mr. Deity’s new video “Mr. Deity and the Really Hard Time.” I think it’s an amazingly funny video with problems stemming from both the epistemological and metaphysical problems associated with time, existence, and “creation” by a god.
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The Climategate Snowball
by Jason Stotts I hate to post so much on climategate, but it just keeps snowballing bigger and bigger. Today, the WSJ has a new piece up called “The Continuing Climate Meltdown” and, no, it’s not going to say that anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is true. I recommend reading the entire article, but here are…
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California Moving Closer to Legalizing Marijuana
by Jason Stotts Fearing that the state of California won’t pass the bill legalizing marijuana, activists staged rallies and gathered nearly 700,000 signatures, exceeding the minimally necessary 433,971 signatures required to put the issue on the ballot in November. Given that the signatures check out, this means that the state of California will be voting…
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Descartes was Murdered?
by Jason Stotts The Guardian has an article up right now called “Descartes was ‘Poisoned by Catholic Priest’” about how Descartes might have been murdered for political reasons. Prof. Theodor Ebert of the University of Erlangen argues that there is evidence that Descartes was poisoned by arsenic, based on a letter that his doctor wrote…
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Utah Officially Thinks Global Warming is a Scam
by Jason Stotts The Heartland Institute has a post up about how the Utah House of Representatives has just passed a resolution that: “implies climate change science is a conspiracy, and urges the EPA to stop all carbon dioxide reduction policies and programs. Among other things, the resolution claims there is “a well organized and…
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Robert Sapolsky: The Uniqueness of Humans
by Jason Stotts In response to my essay “Peter Singer Loves Animals (Too Much),” one of my readers sent me the following video that talks about the similarities and differences between humans and other animals. Although the video doesn’t get into sexual issues, it is still very interesting and worth watching.
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IPCC Sinks Lower (Climategate Update)
by Jason Stotts The Telegraph is reporting that the IPCC report is even worse than has come to light in various ways since Climategate began. In their piece “New Errors in IPCC Climate Change Report” they list the following new errors in the report that have come to light: The publication of inaccurate data on…