Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence, and is appropriate for understanding the natural world, but it provides only a limited understanding of the supernatural, aesthetic, or other ways of knowing, such as art, philosophy, or religion.1
Here follows a very short rant. Maybe a rantlet ( Read more... )

Last night I was talking with a friend about, well, various things, including work and government. He pointed out that leaders can fall into roughly two camps: those who surround themselves with smart, hardworking people who will be better than they are at certain things, and those who surround themselves with people who will make them feel smart ( ( Read more... )

Right now, I don't have a favourite local coffeeshop. Sad, but true. Not that I lack places to go for a cuppa, in this neighbourhood: if I walk up two blocks, there's Futures and Dooney's; if I walk down a block, there are Italian cafés galore. If I wander a little farther, into Kensington, there's the cramped, usually overflowing, usually noisy ( Read more... )