Experimental Archaeology. Photo (cc) Wessex Archaeology.
I wish I was as good an archaeologist as Michael Egnor claims to be. Egnor has recently written on the Antikythera Mechanism from a creationist point of view. To be honest I disagree with some of it, the words mainly, but the spaces and punctuation on the other hand seem [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Spotting Design
May 26
[Cross-posted to Revise & Dissent]
Here’s another paper I’ll have to cite, Time-Space Context of Moon-Related Beliefs by Jaak Jaaniste. It’s downloadable as a PDF paper from Folklore: The Electronic Journal of Folklore which I listed yesterday. I’ll have to read it a few times, but there are several ideas in it which are really interesting.
The [...]
The Neurophilosopher points to a weblog with a very special grip on reality.
Blogs4Brownback is a site dedicated to putting Sam Brownback into the Whitehouse. Brownback seems to be an interesting candidate adhering to the motto “A faith isn’t for life, it’s just for Christmas”. He’s moved from Methodism to Catholicism and now, if Blogs4Brownback is [...]
Joy in Small Bits of Pottery
May 18
I’m experimenting with the Flock browser again to see if that will solve my RSS problem. My previous readers have regularly skipped some weblogs, particularly if those on Blogger. It’s a shame as there’s some interesting posts I’ve been missing.
One is a photo of an Iron Age Pot Sherd at Back Garden Archaeology. What’s interesting [...]
Now THAT’S a review
May 17
Photo (cc) Analog Photos.
Phil sent me a link to the Amazon UK page for the new book by Richard Littlejohn. He’s a hack for the Daily Mail, a news organisation that makes Fox News look fair and balanced, so I thought that Phil’s recent trip to Syria had left him with mental trauma. Not so. [...]
The shafts in Silbury Hill are to be re-opened and archaeologists are going to enter the engimatic monument for the first time in around forty years. One of the reasons why Silbury Hill is so enigmatic is that it wasn’t built with any shafts – which is the big problem on the site.
In fact there’s [...]
Ash. Photo (cc) Owen Booth.
There’s an interesting piece on the Grauniad’s Comment is Free today (yesterday by the time this goes live). People are campaigning for Hiasl of Austria to be considered comparable to people convicted of drug abuse, drink driving or George W. Bush.* Why would someone want that? They argue Hiasl should have [...]
Inca Bridges
May 10
Inca Bridge. Photo (cc) Rutahsa Adventures.
When I wrote the Stonehenge module for the Integrated Sciences course I was reminded of a presentation I’d seen while taking my MPhil, but I couldn’t remember the speaker’s name. It’s John Ochsendorf, as I’ve found out after reading this New York Times story How the Inca Leapt Canyons. Ochsendorf’s [...]
I thought I’d return to the Eurovision Song Contest as I promised last May. The 2006 contest was entertaining, but as they have been for a long while now the Germans were underappreciated in my opinion. It’s the Germans who have saved Eurovision.
Guildo Horn being a superhero
Voting-wise there’s not a lot of hope for the [...]
Religious Virulence
May 8
Someone with virulent guests. Photo (cc) Assbach
My opinions on how religion works in society vary. If there is one constant it’s that they’re invariably too simplistic. Recently I’ve listened to an read a few things that are changing my opinion again. The two I’ll bring up today are a follow-up to Is Religion a Virus? [...]
