Folks, I haven't forgotten you or the promised myth posts, but I've had to do some book stuff, along with Real Life stuff. So hang tight - I'm away this weekend (and - shock! - I'm not taking the laptop with me) but I promise something meaty on Sunday evening or so, OK?
In the meantime: some X-Phi links:
- Philosophy: the new x-philes, and a new podcast too
- Philosophy’s great experiment
- Francis Galton and the History of X-Phi
X-Phi, by the way, has nothing to do with Mulder and Scully...
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