Reason most absurd

I recently attended a very interesting event down at the Watershed cinema - American science fiction author Neal Stephenson came to give a t...

Using selfish genes to ponder the meaning of life, and what the alternatives might be Some time ago, I wrote about the meaning of life , ...

This post is about Isaac Asimov and the Foundation series. Before I go further I'll point out that I like Asimov, and greatly value wha...

It seems I've not got around to much writing recently. This is partly because I've been quite busy at work (conference paper - yey)...

Further joy at religious versions of reality being untrue A month or two ago, I wrote about why I am so very glad that the versio...

Reflections on the state of traditional, online, and social media, and on attempts to understand them It is quite clear that the medi...

Reflections on the incomprehensibly large number of people that exist  I travel around on trains quite a lot. And one thing that always ...