God, morality and monkeys
And by "monkeys" I really mean "altruistic chimpanzees", but I'm a sucker for alliteration...I stumbled on a really excellent opinion piece in today's New Yo...
Blog
All posts archived by year here. All posts archived by tag here.
Recent Posts
Quote of the day - Fish
Speaking of life in the oceans…<blockquote>“Sharks are just evil bastards. I’m quite happy if all the sharks just went, because they eat fish and us… A...
Paul Collier talk on “The Plundered Planet”
I went to a talk last night by Paul Collier. For those of you who don't know, Collier is a big cheese in the development studies world, probably best known f...
The APS and others respond to the Harold Lewis resignation letter
As reported last week, a physicist by the name of Hal Lewis resigned from the American Physical Society, citing his belief that the APS has been irrevocably ...
Maths and Economics - The Interlude
Those of you paying attention may have noticed that I yet to deliver on my promise to provide a second economic-maths example. Apologies for the delay, but ...