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Postings from the interface of science and culture
Sunday, May 09, 2021
The problematic themes of Modern Myths
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In her review of my book The Modern Myths in the New York Times Review of Books , Sophie Gee asks why “ post-Enlight...
Monday, March 22, 2021
What we have seen: a year of lockdown
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What we have seen is that global calamity can come in a strange and perplexing form, at the same time apocalyptic and w...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Free will and physics: the next instalment
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I’m sorry that I seem to have forced Jerry Coyne to write about a subject he is avowedly tired of, namely free will. ...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020
More on free will, and why quantum mechanics can't help you understand football
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I’ve had some stimulating further discussion with Philip Goff and Kevin Mitchell on whether quantum mechanics can illu...
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Friday, December 11, 2020
Does quantum mechanics rescue free will?
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Philip Goff has challenged Kevin Mitchell’s interesting supposition that the indeterminacy of quantum physics creates ...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Is the UK ready for a Covid winter?
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To prepare my article for The Guardian on whether the UK is prepared for a Covid winter, I spoke to many experts who gave a great deal of ...
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