Daily Archives: October 9, 2013

Nobel Winners & Countries

National Geographic has an interesting, and quite telling, chart showing Nobel Prize science winners (since the awards began in 1901) by country of the recipient lives in. And here are the largest Nobel winning affiliations for the sciences:

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The Professor & The Student

I refer to Thomas Nagel often in this blog, and his seminal “What Is It Like To Be A Bat? article singlehandedly launched the New Mysterians movement in philosophy of mind, but my absolute favorite New Mysterian philosopher is Colin … Continue reading

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Breaking Bad – Finale (Redux)

Within uber-liberal Matthew Yglesias’s review of the Breaking Bad finale is this reflection on a theme I previously wrote about here: More generally, I found something troublingly reactionary about the Walt-on-top conclusion of things. Simmering beneath the surface of Walt’s … Continue reading

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