Unlike my colleagues in the Philosophy Department here at the University of Lethbridge, who are clearly experts in climatology, epidemiology, the pre-contact history of the indigenous peoples of this continent, the list goes on and on … I know nothing… Read More ›
AGW
WHAT DO THE HOLOCAUST, GLOBAL WARMING, AND THE FILIOQUE HAVE IN COMMON?
Abstract: In this paper we offer a conjecture as to how it’s possible that people of identical epistemic integrity – by which we mean pretty close to none – can and do nonetheless arrive at polar opposite views about history,… Read More ›
A MEDITATION ON COMPLEASANCE
The majority view is that global warming is real. The minority view is that it’s not. The majority view is that masks save lives. The minority view is that they don’t. Since nothing in my own behaviour hangs on who’s… Read More ›
HEY, I’M JUST SPECULATIN’
People complain about the cold. So what does God do? He warms it up a little. And then they get hysterical about global warming. Can you blame Him for getting a bit miffed? “Here, let me give you something to… Read More ›
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
‘cuz you just might get it. Truer words may never be spoken if it turns out the coronavirus delivers on precisely what the environmental movement has been yearning for lo this last half century. In this one fell swoop that… Read More ›
URGENCY
I have a colleague who’s become a little bored with teaching modus ponens and the Meditations, and instead now fancies himself something of an authority on global warming. The way you become an authority, by the way, is by so… Read More ›
Anthropogenesis
WHY MY COLLEAGUES ARE IDIOTS – Rant # 164 – ANTHROPOGENESIS Suppose the world came into being five minutes ago, precisely as it was five minutes ago, with all those pseudo-history books on those shelves and all those pseudo-memories in… Read More ›
In Defense of Shilling
WHY MY COLLEAGUES ARE IDIOTS – Rant # 163 – IN DEFENSE OF SHILLING For the 312th time – yes, I decided to start counting – I have no interest whatsoever in weighing in on the global warming debate. Nor,… Read More ›
