Here’s a recent pop-science article from the LA Times. It’s an interview with physicist, Sean Carroll (Caltech). He discusses the possibility of multiverses and the hypothesis that our universe is an off-shoot of some other universe in the multiverse.
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Sympoze- History, English Job Markets Off 15-20% More on the grim job market.
- 20 Reasons Why 2009 Will Be The Year of the EbookI don't know if 2009 will be the year, but it does seem like a major shift is on the horizon...
- Atoms Arranged MeaningwiseMore on David Foster Wallace and analytic philosophy
- Email Makes Lying More Likely?Interesting article discussing a recent study. The results suggest that people are more likely to lie to people over email than face-to-face communication.
- More on the "Uselessness" of the APAA lot of buzz in the philosophy blogosphere regarding the APA - Here is a recent installment. The discussion is worth the read.
- Men's Winter Fashion - Men's Style Advice - EsquireClick through to the fifth photo [HT: Leiter] - I'm totally adding a fashion tag for this one.
- Seven Suggestions for Future APA MeetingsFunny post from The Philosophy Smoker. Also good suggestions.
- Women Profs Spend More Time on Teaching, Less on ResearchIt'd be interesting to see whether this holds true of philosophy profs. Also, averages are one thing, but another interesting stat would be, what's the M/F ratio of, say, the top 20% of researchers. And of the bottom 20%.
- 60 Philosophy works in 60 DaysA speculative fiction author is reading a classic work in philosophy each day for 60 days, and blogging about the experience.
- Logic for Philosophers - SiderSider has a draft of his logic book up on his website (all 367 pages).
- History, English Job Markets Off 15-20%