On spotting a common trajectory for holistic theories like Complexity.$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On Darwin's tragic loss of taste in the arts$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On memory, metaphors, and a little bit of heresy$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On my poor artistic sense showing itself$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On the meaning of "the exception proves the rule".$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On Taoism, emergence and my trying to remember the basics of complexity theory$MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's an interesting piece of research being done at Harvard's Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. Basically, they have developed a test which they think will help them work out what moral intuitions are cross-cultural, evolved etc. And anyone can do it....$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On research being about asking the right questions.$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On Steven Rose book, chapters one, two and three.$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On a new book about societies' methods of dealing with the unxeplained.$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On showers, staring out of the window, and different ways of having ideas.$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On networks, heretics and the Spanish Inquisition$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On an ALife algorithm that uses groups rather than genes as its metaphor.$MTEntryExcerpt$>
Notice of MT spam vulnerability$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On buying a new book about memory$MTEntryExcerpt$>
On frustration with the vagueness of memes$MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jottings on some MIT Notes on talks with Dennet, Blackmore and Pinker$MTEntryExcerpt$>