Tag Archives: philosophy
links for 2010-03-25: they’re made of meat
Meat Terry Bisson's short story, one of the first that ever came my way over the net, back in the early 90s, coming around again (they always come around) via the Daily Grail (tags: Terry-Bisson meat scifi story SETI consciousness)
links for 2010-03-24: vintage Marvin Minsky
Why People Think Computers Can't Marvin Minsky's 1982 article. In txt format! Read it like it's 1982! (tags: ai programming philosophy technology Marvin-Minsky)
links for 2008-02-26: third culture, time travel
The Third Culture – John Brockman Philosophy of science (tags: philosophy science John-Brockman) Time travellers from the future ‘could be here in weeks’ – Telegraph “If these wormholes appear I will personally eat the hat I was given for my … more…
links for 2007-12-03: Pullman interview
Philip Pullman interview A longer version of an email interview with PP conducted for Christianity Today. (tags: Philip-Pullman literature religion christianity philosophy atheism)
links for 2007-11-14: laws of power
The 48 Laws of Power How to be a complete bastard. Or, how to spot a complete bastard, if and when it isn’t totally bleeding obvious (via LinkMachineGo) (tags: politics philosophy strategy)
links for 2007-08-25: photo trickery, quantum mechanics
Content-Aware Image Sizing interesting image resizing algorithm demo. not sure what I’d ever use it for, though… (tags: photography youtube graphics resizing) Newsflash: Time May Not Exist fun with theoretical physcs, from Discover magazine (via dangerousmeta) (tags: philosophy physics theory … more…
links for 2007-08-20: book art, depression
Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery sculptural fun with old books, by Brian Dettmer (tags: art books Brian-Dettmer) 3quarksdaily – Selected Minor Works: Is Depression a Medical Condition? (tags: depression psychology drugs philosophy)
links for 2007-08-12: Dick’s universe
How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later PK Dick from 1978 on deoxy.org. Stumbled across this again following a link in a comment on Warren’s latest column (yeah, hyeurgh! Dick-related column!) at Suicide Girls (tags: … more…
links for 2007-08-11: booksellers, Gilles Deleuze
Bookstore chain puts the screws on small publishers – and small publisher sticks it to the man. (tags: australia books commerce publishing) L’Abecedaire de Gilles Deleuze, with Claire Parnet (tags: philosophy theory deleuze)
links for 2007-08-06: Satanism
New Statesman – The gates of Hell are thrown open… An explanation of the rudiments of Satanism. Not especially eloquent, but noteworthy that The New Statesman should be including such an article in its Faith column… (tags: satanism, religion)