Coronavirus Open Discussion
I have been asked to provide a space for my erudite and often superbly geeky (in a good and welcome way) readers to discuss stats and questions concerning coronavirus in order for other
Jonathan MS Pearce
Society's Failsafes Are Paper Thin (On the EU, Zombies & Individualism)
I am trying to finish the sequel to my first fiction book, Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis (UK)*. The book is about a pandemic that rips through the world and so is particularly
News, A Timeline of Lies & Virus Naming Provenance (Again)
This is Trump's timeline of lies that I would like to see his various supporters here...support: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7_t2Ri2Zg Still on the old naming controversy
2015: WHO issues best practices for naming new human infectious diseases
I want to put this argument to bed. I've had a lot of right-wing, libertariany commenters spouting absolute nonsense that I hardly think they believe themselves. I just don't
Thought for the Day: Bad Coronavirus Stats and Bad Thoughts
If you are anything like me, you are checking local and global coronavirus stats because...stats. And wanting to make sure that all of the many reactions, policies and activities of governments, institutions
"The Chinese Virus" Revisited
This is the image I wanted to accompany this piece (but, copyright and all). I will try to get back to real philosophy soon (hey, this is politics, qua moral philosophy on a
There's Nobody Better at Bipartisanship than Donald Trump
That press conference was BAD. And there have been some really bad ones recently. I'm not sure I can take much more hypocrisy and lies. https://youtu.be/px3K9MAxVxQ
Coronavirus Overreaction?
In the UK, we have just had our schools shut down (to be repurposed as "babysitting" facilities for key works, looked-after children and those with EHCPs [Educational Health Care Plans]). In
Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #11 - Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
Having posted the Philpapers survey results, the biggest ever survey of philosophers conducted in 2009, several readers were not aware of it (the reason for re-communicating it) and were unsure as to what
Thoroughly Enjoyable!
As the virus hits, you're going to need something to read, right? I've been trying to work my way through a philosophical post on Humean and non-Humean approaches to
"Socialism Is Evil"; Yeah, Not a Good Time to Be a Libertarian...
Socialism is evil! Venezuela! Communism! CORONAVIRUS... Government, please bail us out! Please help us! Let's work together to make sure of this and of that... Let's nationalise private healthcare
All Dead Sea Scroll Fragments in the Museum of the Bible are Fake
The Dead Sea Scrolls (also Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish religious manuscripts found in the Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert, near Ein Feshkha on the northern shore of the Dead Sea