I need a word. Perhaps I’ll call on the verbivores to help, but you, gentle reader, might know of one already. Here’s the definition: “To become what one ostensibly opposes, often in the course of that opposition.” It may sound like hypocrisy, a la “if there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s intolerance,” but this [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, Language, Philosophy, World on April 28th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
What do you call a Jesuit brother who was trained at MIT, splits his time between Italy and the (oxymoronically named) Vatican Observatory in Arizona, and wrote a well-received amateur astronomy book? You call him Guy Consolmagno, apparently, or Brother Guy. I just heard a fascinating interview with him on CBC’s Quirks and Quarks podcast, [...]
Posted by Chris in Philosophy, Religion, Science on April 20th, 2006 | Comments Off
Yes. You are.
Posted by Deana in Philosophy on September 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments »