Originally posted on All About Being Human (award-free zone): Oh joy joy joy joy joy! “Why are you joyful?”  You ask. “That is an excellent question!”  I respond. Is it because I’m finally hugging Old Man Winter good bye for… Continue reading

Quantum mechanics has so many counterintuitive features that it seems possible to learn a new one every month. Today’s lesson involves particles that are set into the same quantum state and effectively become indistinguishable. Once they are indistinguishable, they start… Continue reading

A skeleton named Little Foot is among the oldest hominid skeletons ever dated at 3.67 million years old, according to an advanced dating method. Little Foot is a rare, nearly complete skeleton of Australopithecus first discovered 21 years ago in… Continue reading

Up until the ban on coffee exports, Monasterio Trapense used to ship 150 kilos of coffee per week to be sold in the US—and even got away with it for a while after the ban, but it was short-lived. After… Continue reading

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel More about this product Price: $2.99 British pensioners on a tight budget move to a retirement home in india; their adventures there giving them a new lease on life. Source: www.amazon.com Such a beautiful little… Continue reading

It is a signal pleasure to announce that this week slowlorisblog is hosting an essay by Dr. Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Dr. Fuller joins us today to discuss a fascinating intellectual… Continue reading

My good brother and colleague, Robert Frodeman, critiques my friend and colleague Steve Fuller. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective Author Information: Robert Frodeman, University of North Texas, Robert.Frodeman@unt.edu Frodeman, Robert. “Anti-Fuller: Transhumanism and the Proactionary Imperative.” Social Epistemology Review… Continue reading

Comics Debate & Discourse: How To Be a Hero By Being An Ally – Casey Gilly examines recent hot-button comics issues and talks through solutions for keeping the dialogue productive and compassionate. Source: www.comicbookresources.com “When an issue comes up that… Continue reading

There was a time when you could have pointed to a list of publications as a neat proxy for your academic life, but now you might want to reference not only your publications, but also a set of videos, presentations,… Continue reading

Scientists estimate that there are over 100,000 intelligent alien civilizations in our galaxy alone—but we’ve never heard anything from any of them. Here are 13 possible explanations for why. Source: waitbutwhy.com Continue reading

On April 1, 2010, the professional philosopher Jonathan Dancy, who happens to be the father-in-law of Claire Danes, appeared on the Late Late Show to speak with Craig Ferguson about moral philosoph… Source: andrewjtaggart.com B Continue reading

Originally posted on Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.: Your insistence begets your interlocutor’s (my) resistance, acquiescence, or consternation. You believe that P must be the right way of proceeding or Q is the right picture of the world and that we should act based… Continue reading

Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: I’m gonna cuss on the mic tonight. “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” Ben Folds My parents taught me that if you swear, it’s a sign of a poor vocabulary. If I expect my players to be… Continue reading

Originally posted on evocationcoffee: With the 2015 US Barista Championship in the books, I thought it would be a great time to share a project that I’ve been working on. Using the wonderful resource of sprudgelive.com, I compiled and arranged… Continue reading