1. Against the grain: There are questions that science cannot answer

Comment #72031 by Mudskipper on September 20, 2007 at 7:16 am

Thanks epeeist

Here is a another joke.

An engineering graduate says 'How do you want it to work?'

A business graduate says 'How much do you want it to cost?'

A philosophy graduate says: 'Do you want fries with that?'

Or something like that - I'm not good at remembering jokes.

I'm a philosophy major, and thinking of doing a MA in the subject; I love it. Does this woman really teach philosophy? I wonder what other philosophers think of her. I think I'll go find out.

I do not want to suggest you need a PhD to have a voice on these subjects - of course not. However, I would suggest she would have benefitted from some experience dealing with "difficult arguments". I don't understand how anyone could describe themselves as "lucky" to have missed out on any kind of academic training; it implies a fear of having thought 'contaminated' by a different way of looking at things. Very odd indeed.

2. Against the grain: There are questions that science cannot answer

Comment #72001 by Mudskipper on September 20, 2007 at 5:21 am

Oh my. That sounds if it was written by a 13 year old. I really can't believe this woman is a published philosopher.

I found this in the wikipedia:

She also believes that she is "lucky" to have missed out in having to undertake a PhD. She argues that one of the main flaws in doctoral training is that, while it "shows you how to deal with difficult arguments", it does not "help you to grasp the big questions that provide its context - the background issues out of which the small problems arose"[2]. Midgley was awarded an honorary D. Litt by Durham University in 1995.

It wouldn't have hurt though, would it?

3. Good News: Both our Foundations are now Officially Recognized as Charities

Comment #70292 by Mudskipper on September 14, 2007 at 6:23 pm

Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard on this! Woot I say!! How long has this been in in progress? woot!!

4. The age of endarkenment

Comment #64444 by Mudskipper on August 20, 2007 at 5:19 am

I'm ashamed, it is true: The Univeristy of Central Lancashire offers BSCs in Complementry Medicine and another in Homeopathy and one in 'herbal medicine'. A whole BSC in homeopathy? What kind of intellectual challange will that be? They can't be much on theory, because they don't have one it's nonsense.

And a BSC? how shockingly bold is that. Absolute travesty. Reminds me of the time I was told by someone they were considering a MA in Aromatherapy. Couldn't keep an impassive face.

Well I feel even more vindicated not going to UCLancs as my local university, and did my degree with the OU instead.

5. Why Christopher Hitchens is not Great

Comment #40621 by Mudskipper on May 14, 2007 at 3:37 pm

Wow - another: 'insert-author's-own-name-into-author's-own-title' witty riposte.
Gosh, when I regain my composure, having been quite overcome by the originality, I may read the article.

Or I may throw myself into a different puddle.