Even for an empiricist, there are always assumptions. I don't have to have watched my car come through the assembly line to be confident to every reasonable degree that it was constructed in a Toyota factory somewhere. But that assumption is based on knowledge and experience. If I were from a time early in human history and had never seen a ( Read more... )

The other night I dreamt of a bear ( Read more... )

I am the spider who thinks himself a fly ( Read more... )

Usually, the thoughts I share on here or on Twitter are uplifting and empowering--when they're not outraged over something. Or they're at least humorous.

Not today.

Here are two thoughts I've had today. I'm putting them here mostly to get them out and expressed, and so I can return to them later and review them. In other words, this note is ( Read more... )

I've recently noticed something new (to me) about myself and my past relationship history.

It seems I have often chosen to be with women who in one way or another are unavailable to me, and often with women who were daughters and sisters before they were partners (that is to say, they were more involved with their families of origin than they were ( Read more... )

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

There have been a lot of articles lately about the "Goldilocks Planet," known officially as Gliese 581g, ( Read more... )

I read this article this morning ( Read more... )

A friend of mine posted the following article, titled "If I Were an Atheist"  to her Facebook wall. She says the original can be found at http://www.revelife.com/733247722/if-i-were-an-atheist/. I'll reproduce it here:

"As it is now, I have no particular stake in something called 'theism.'  I never found 'theism' compelling in itself, and it ( Read more... )

This entry isn't inspired by my scanning radio stations and happening across a "radiovangelist" or political commentator, as several of my blog entries are. It's inspired by my hearing a song on my at-work music library. Specifically, the song is "What Sarah Said," by Death Cab for Cutie.

I heard this song today, not for the first time, and the ( Read more... )

So, how am I feeling at the moment ( Read more... )