Mount Redoubt erupting on April 21, 1990, photo taken by J. Warren, USGS.
It was the last of 23 major explosive events between December 1989 and April 1990
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Francis Crick Was Misunderstood The Central Dogma is not a 'dogma,' and it has never been broken.

No because that’s not what Crixk argued. That was, as he later put it, “Watson’s dogma” (DNA-RNA-protein) www.asimov.press/p/crick

Courtney Barnett - Let Me Roll It [Live at the Trades Club, 30/03/26] {Paul McCartney & Wings cover} YouTube video by Mike's Gig Diary

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Here's the open access official version: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I think Russell reports it as something that his grandmother said in order to dismiss philosophy

...the Marquis de Sade is "Sade", Alexis de Tocqueville is "Tocqueville".

Fine, fine, I hear you say. But what about de Gaulle? Isn't he always de Gaulle? Yes he is. Because his "de" is Flemish. Different language, different rules.

'Pontificate' in the sense of speaking pompously and dogmatically is a twentieth century expression with an anti-Catholic etymology: speaking like the Pope

Bald eagles aren't endangered any more. They're a species of "least concern." I wrote this as a reply, but it works better as generic good news

You as well!

A map of cognitive science and an encyclopedia to go with it

Texas A&M has suffered a great loss: the resignation of Dr. Martin Peterson.

First Plato, now Dr. Peterson!

Out the Door at TAMU....

Like my cat, I often simply do what I want to do. I am then not using an ability that only persons have. We know that there are reasons for acting, and that some reasons are better or stronger than others. One of the main subjects of this book is a set of questions about what we have reason to do. I shall discuss several theories. Some of these are moral theories, others are theories about rationality.

TIL despite the opening sentence of “Reasons and Persons”, Derek Parfit did in fact *not* own a cat.

Trump will pardon his whole cabinet and one or two levels down

Gizmodo says 'poems' but I think it's lines. The press release says 'verses' because there aren't any spaces in ancient Greek, and the meter is how you figure out where the line breaks are

"Eating the retributive version of skittles" is a good line

Shows that there's even a lower bottom to the Crazification Factor than the 27% previously reported. I guess that's a bit of a plus. kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...

my new theory is that once you have a certain amount of money and wealth you start to go crazy and detach from reality. that number is different for everyone. for me it's $20

Practical reasoning

Theseus Files a Boat Insurance Claim 1. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since your last insurance payment? 2. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since you first took o...

1. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since your last insurance payment?

2. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since you first took out your insurance policy?

3. Have all the planks of your ship been replaced?
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What do you get when you combine a joke with a rhetorical question?

Here is my best Habermas story.

I am grad student waiting in LONG line for Habermas talk. There is a tall man waiting in front of me. Line moves so we are eventually visible to organizers, a woman looks over & makes horrified face. Runs out: "Prof Habermas! You don't have to wait in line!"

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"All the kids in Springfield are S.O.B.s."

Michael Jacovides, Hume on the Prospects for a Scientific Psychology - PhilPapers In Section One of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume distinguishes between two sorts of writing on human nature: first, one that appeals to common sense to make virtue seem ...

My paper, "Hume on the Prospects for a Scientific Psychology," was accepted by the Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences, which is nice. It's on section 1 of the first Enquiry, both as a manifesto for a future science and as a guide to the rest of the Enquiry philpapers.org/rec/JACHOT-4

3/3 Michelangelo's grocery list. Because even great artists have to eat! Especially on their birthday, and his is today.

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

Molly Lambert @mollylambert I respect the moon's unwillingness to be photographed on a phone 12:31 PM • 12/12/19 • Twitter Web App 59.5K Retweets 294K Likes

Lance St. Laurent @LanceStLaurent When you see this blatant anti-moon propaganda, consider the source The Sun @TheSun • Jan 18, 2019 'Super blood wolf moon' may trigger end of the world this weekend thesun.co.uk/news/8223896/s. 8:32 PM • Jan 20, 2019 • Twitter for iPhone 49.9K Retweets 493 Quote Tweets 238.7K Likes

Paul Ford v @ftrain When the moon hits your knees And you mispronounce trees Sycamore 5:14 AM • 2/27/18 • Twitter for Android 13.6K Retweets 37.3K Likes

dustin Couch @Dustinkcouch nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted 10:18 PM - 29 Oct 2018

please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™

You might think that 'homo sapiens' means 'wise human being,' but, really, it's a human being with taste

You might think that 'homo sapiens' means 'wise human being,' but, really, it's a human being with taste