Next up: gig talking to the maths department. Going to cheat by not talking philosophy (hence avoid usual incredulous stares from mathmos). 12 hours ago
@PhilGeek "Reminds me of Benacerraf's dictum." Absolutely! I wasn't claiming originality, just trying to keep grey-haired audience awake :-) 12 hours ago
Said: be suspicious about trying to big philosophical rabbits out of logic hats. "No rabbits out without rabbits in" was my motto. 13 hours ago
Lecture to Royal Soc. of NZ done. Heavens knows what they made of it. Russell, Hilbert, Gödel and Penrose in 55 mins. 13 hours ago
George Monbiot sometimes overdoes it: but this piece is absolutely spot on and the issue it raises is pretty worrying http://bit.ly/9eIAXf1 day ago