From the daily archives:

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Agnosticism and GPS

August 9, 2009

There’s a fascinating post from humanist (and agnostic) philosopher Mark Vernon on his hatred of TomTom (and by implication other GPS navigation systems). I can’t make up my mind whether this is simply technophobic or quite profound.
In my limited experience, GPS doesn’t work like this. But is purpose and direction really opposed to enjoying the [...]

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The best five new Who episodes. What’s your choice?

August 9, 2009

I must say that the trailer for Waters of Mars (sorry that link may not work outside the UK) makes me think it could be a contender for one of the best Who episodes in the new series. But what would you say are the best five episodes since the series rebooted?
Here are mine:

Blink (the [...]

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Reason and revelation: who said this? Your guesses please.

August 9, 2009

Set aside the rather Latinate quality of the translation English in this piece of prose from the past, and see if you can guess who said it. Any offers?

I think in the first place that it is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth – whenever [...]

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From evolving carnivals to Crossley’s Chomskian critique: this week’s round-up

August 9, 2009

Time to share that link love again. Here are some of the more interesting posts you may or may not have noticed. As always ones I’ve already interacted with here don’t get a second mention. All of the below are worth your consideration.
There are all sorts of carnivals around the blogosphere. One new to me [...]

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