Steve Coogan & @RobBrydon reenacting the moment David Bowie followed Rob on @Twitter is possibly Scene Of The Year 2017. #TheTripToSpain pic.twitter.com/ZhBjI5wryt — Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) April 21, 2017 Also check out Ricky Gervais’ proto-The Office cringe-fest for a good giggle. comedyDavid Bowiemusicricky gervaisRob Brydonsteve coogan
NYT — Guardian — New Yorker — Rolling Stone Me communing with Rick. Muscle Shoalsmusicrick lewis
Here’s a nicely nuanced analytical discussion of a topic vulgarized in circles where there is no philosophical culture — typically English departments and other regressive pseudo circles where activism masquerades as inquiry. James Young has been thinking a great deal about these issues as a philosopher and as a Canuck, a refreshing change from the…
My two favourite (and on paper, improbable) versions. The former is very Morricone-ish; the latter funky punkish. BURT BACHARACHEnnio MorriconeHal Davidisaac hayesmusicthe stranglerswalk on by
Since true prophets, i.e., men called by God to communicate something urgent to other men, are currently in short supply, the novelist may perform a quasi-prophetic function. Like the prophet, his news is generally bad. Unlike the prophet, whose mouth has been purified by a burning coal, the novelist’s art is often bad, too. It…
Frédérique de Vignemont’s latest. Cognitive scienceEmbodied cognitionFrédérique de VignemontPhilosophy of mind
The forthcoming RoboCup football (soccer) tournament in Montreal promises to be the largest yet. When established in 1997, the original mission was to field a team of robots capable of winning against the human soccer World Cup champions by 2050. Artificial intelligenceCognitive sciencecomplexitycomputational intelligenceEmbodied cognitionroboticsStigmergy
The Santa Fe Institute Education Podcast that mixes green chile with complexity science. chillicomplexitygastronomy
My chum, the incredibly prolific Stephen Turner, has his forthcoming book now listed. Cognitive sciencePhilosophy of mindSocial NeuroscienceSocial theorysociobiologysociology of knowledgeStephen Turner
Now available. journal of mind and behaviorphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
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