why we should

John McCrone’s 1991 The Ape That Spoke is a book which holds up fairly closely to my own attitudes. I wish I had read it at the time, 35 years ago. Of course many info-nuggets require updating, for example, all the contexts developed from ancient DNA work on the Homo genus, and the bones of likely Homo species of island…

One thing to remember about the word idiot is that it does not, in that ancient Greek context refer to the intelligence or capabilities in political efforts of an individual, merely their private status, their personal efforts, perhaps compared to those who hold, or are qualified to hold, public office and so engage in public life. Back in ancient days…

Celia Deane–Drummond. “Evolutionary perspectives on inter-morality and inter-species relationships interrogated in the light of the rise and fall of homo sapiens sapiens.” Journal of Moral Theology 3.2 (2014): 72–94. web. We launch into a discussion of “speciesism” as a protection of being special which studies of evolution undermine (if not eugenically located I guess), at least with reference to the…

no enough words means we will always have too many Now…then— “to self the world” and “to world the self” are not the same, not the same as in an identical tautology, nor a tautological identity. They are not a reversible reaction, even if they recursively feed themselves with outcomes. Their trajectories are bothered confoundedly, but in that they differ…

Haeckel, Ernst. The Riddle of the Universe. London: Watts & Co., 1900. Translated from the original 1899 German, Die Welträthsel, by Joseph McCabe. With glossary. I heard Ernst Haeckel invented the word ecology (among many biological terms). I’ve never checked that out, but remember this for later. He was a promoter of Darwinism in Germany but many in anglophone may…

I’ve said that values are an effort, which if recognised are raised as virtues — it is important to realise that many efforts are not perceived, not even taken for granted, and even if perceived, may not be seen as an effort, where efforts are not (allowed to be) recognised (among us). As we self the world among others doing…