My Views on Ethics
Posted in Ethics, Idle Speculation, Philosophy on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I thought I’d take some time to write down my views on ethics before they completely change as a result of writing an ethics thesis.
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Space Elevators
Posted in Astronomy, Idle Speculation, Science Fiction, Worldbuilding on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
I have to confess that worldbuilding is one of my guilty pleasures. For those without the appropriate nerd credentials, worldbuilding is basically designing a setting for a novel without necessarily writing the novel. Since I do this in a science fiction context, I usually start by taking real stars, adding planets and then filling the details about [...]
Do Bats And Dolphins Experience Echolocation In The Same Way?
Posted in Evolution, Idle Speculation, Minds and Brains on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
One thought experiment in the philosophy of mind is the inverted spectrum. It asks you to imagine a person that sees things in opposite colours (like a photo negative but not exactly - the light areas are still light and the dark areas are still dark, it’s just the colours that are different). This person would [...]
