Popper's Big Toe
@HenryMi37016612
Popper, Dennett, Dawkins. Truth corresponds with Facts. Facts are independent of thoughts and beliefs. Currently dual aspect monist - curious
There are many ways to realise reality builds up from the physicality of the world we inhabit. This was my in:
That lady who wrote The Salt Path must be happy at the distraction.
Sweet Jesus. Just. Stop. DIGGING.
Scottish kings of Poland? Calling @DrFrancisYoung No paywall: archive.ph/msQY5
Pictish Piasts? 'The male skeletons almost all carry a single, rare group of genetic variants on the Y chromosome...today found mainly in Britain. The closest known match belongs to a Pict buried in eastern Scotland in the 5th or 6th century.' independent.co.uk/news/science/a…
.@michaelpforan , @LucyHunterB RMW is promoting this on BS. Thoughts? translucent.org.uk/transgender-em…
This is a highly detailed view of one of the craters on Mars, taken by the HiRISE high-resolution camera. It is installed on the MRO orbital probe, which circles the red planet at an altitude of 250 km.
a comment from our disciplinary blog (where a philosopher tried to blame trump on GCFs) that is so spot-on: "Rather than blaming gender critical feminists for contributing to the wider reactionary push that Trump has capitalized on in his election campaign you should be pointing…
One for @lawrencepatihis to take a look at? Interested in any comments.
Pictish Piasts? 'The male skeletons almost all carry a single, rare group of genetic variants on the Y chromosome...today found mainly in Britain. The closest known match belongs to a Pict buried in eastern Scotland in the 5th or 6th century.' independent.co.uk/news/science/a…
i cant believe ChatGPT lost its job to AI
Has @DrFrancisYoung visited this lovely old church perchance?
Some of the amazing things on view in the Old Kirk of Weem, built in 1488 near Aberfeldy in Perthshire to replace an earlier church dating back to 1235; itself on or near the site believed to have been used for worship from around 650. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberfeldy/oldk…
There is no such thing as “LGBT”. L stands for lesbians. These are women who are sexually attracted to other women. That is not a mental illness and only certain religious extremists make that absurd and offensive argument. G stands for gay men. These are men who are sexually…
Hey @Scott_Wortley , I hope you're now living a life of ease and luxury on your royalties for the mentions here. I may actually read the article now... thepoke.com/2025/01/10/thi…
This is the most beautiful biscuit we have ever seen.
Centuries ago, many astronomical books included moving parts to help readers interpret the world around them. This biscuit recreates a diagram from Sacrobosco’s ‘De Sphaera’ (c.1550). It could be used to calculate the changing length of daylight hours through the year. 🍪
BBC Verify is trending. I have a simple test to see whether it verifies truth or falsehoods. So, if anyone in @BBCNews' Verify team is up for it, please would they verify whether Brigitte Baptiste, included on its list of 100 "Inspiring Women", is a man or a woman. Acid test.
Wow. Justice Alito: the Cass Report finds of no evidence that gender Rx prevents suicide. Strangio: "completed suicide is thankfully and admittedly rare," the studies apply to suicidal ideation/behavior. Has the @ACLU just abandoned the "dead daughter/live son" narrative?
Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon during a lunar occultation captured from a ground based telescope by astronomer Jan Koet.
Tap this image... Look to the top right... That's Phobos, a moons of Mars... And that bright point of light next to it?... That's Us, that's Earth...