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Self-Awareness Is Not Enough

Posted on March 30, 2023 by nathanalbright

I remember the first time I felt a bit dissatisfied with self-awareness. I was a high school student who had been assigned to read Long Day’s Journey Into Night in my English class. I read over and over again about … Continue reading →

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On Dysteleology And The Possibility Of Repair

Posted on October 4, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the most notable and in my mind not-well-understood aspects of intelligent design over the past couple of decades has been the recognition that a great deal of what are often viewed as active evils are in fact manifestations … Continue reading →

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Between Possibility And Inevitability

Posted on July 22, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the notable asymmetries between looking at current events and history is the way that current events seem full of possibilities while history seems full of historical inevitability. As is often the case, there are errors looking both ways. … Continue reading →

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Believe The Evidence

Posted on May 12, 2022 by nathanalbright

Like many people, I have an interest in celebrity trials. This is not because such trials are consequential on their own–they are not–nor because celebrities are often worthwhile people, because most of the time they are not, but rather because … Continue reading →

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On The Productivity Of Theories

Posted on February 12, 2022 by nathanalbright

How do theories show themselves to be productive? As someone who reads a fair amount of material about linguistics, one often finds situations where writers seek to determine the deep relationships between long-separated languages as a way of showing the … Continue reading →

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Louis Agassiz Was Right

Posted on June 24, 2021 by nathanalbright

It is not a popular opinion in contemporary science to say so, but Louis Agassiz was right that what we find when looking at the natural history of the world is more a world shaped by massive extinction events than … Continue reading →

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Inside/Outside: Part Three

Posted on June 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

Having previously looked at some of the elements of the relationship between inside and outside, I would like to look at some of the fundamentals of what makes a body. This may seem to be random and tangential, but there … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hidden Life Of Ice

Posted on March 16, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Hidden Life Of Ice: Dispatches From A Disappearing World, by Marco Tedesco with Alberto Flores d’Arcais How you feel about this book will depend in large part on how you feel about the author’s conceit that the ice of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Never Cry Wolf

Posted on March 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

Never Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowat I read this book on the recommendation of some friends of mine who saw and appreciated the 1983 movie adaptation of the book and thought that I would appreciate the book and its odd … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Last Stargazers

Posted on February 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story Of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers, by Emily Levesque This book could have been much better than it was, as is often the case. There are really a couple of issues with this book that prevent … Continue reading →

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