Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
... is a good guide, a good thing to seek. If happiness is in rough correspondence with what a pink monkey needs, then it is a good thing to seek for in one's life. (I'm calling this the 150 effect: being liked by about 150 people would feel ...
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
(Found between the pages of a A Lifetime of Secrets [Vienna, VA.])
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Word on the street is there is a war on between Science and Religion. Science in the blue corner has a rational methodology, and religion in the red corner helps people with their big questions. Celebrity Death Match style. It's not true. We have collectively gotten so ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
The Pink Monkey Farm is in no way affiliated with this crowd of pink monkeys (its a crowded world), but I have a feeling we might be friends. (pinkmonkey.com is certainly no relation)
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
I do wish the term "sociobiology" had not been claimed by Wilson. It is such an evocative term. And it might be taken to be pertinent to the interests of the Pink Monkey Farmer. Unfortunately, we could hardly be further apart.
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
To whom should the Pink Monkey Farmer be talking? This blog (and several related ones) are essentially private conversations between myself and my inner farmer/crank. However, there are always opportunities for interesting discussions. In my day job, I’m supposed to be a lecturer and a speech ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
As our scientific abilities have progressed at an ever increasing rate, our ability to employ those abilities ethically, or in the service of humanity, has stagnated. We well remember when scientists worried about their role in the development of the atomic bomb. Many who worked on the ...
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