Thursday

I'm going to be extremely sick of days beginning with 'T' by the end of the semester. Ugh. I give four lectures each of those days, three of them 75 minutes long. Math 108 isn't so bad, as in most cases I talk for about half the time and then wander through, answering questions, for the rest. As for the rest, it's all stuff I've given lectures over often enough that I don't have to think too much about what to do next. Since we have a new book in Statistics, I have to think a little bit more there, mainly about the wording and order used in the new book.

Anyway, I found a few nice ranting links at the latest skeptic's circle: Religion as Ouroboros, and religion as mindless bully. I have a minor quibble with the first one. In terms of science, yes, an untestable hypothesis is completely worthless. In terms of philosophy, it may or may not be. So long as religions can tell the difference, I see no problem. Unfortunately, most can't.