John S. Wilkins
@jswilkins.bsky.social
Historian and Philosopher of Biology, focusing on species and taxonomy. Blog: https:/evolvingthoughts.net, Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/deck/@jswilkins, Substack: https://substack.com/@johnwilkins.
Never mske tyops myslef
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Never mske tyops myslef
Not well versed with n medical terminology but I thought it was “etiology”, or if you like diphthongs, “aetiology“, from _aitos_, account or cause.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Not well versed with n medical terminology but I thought it was “etiology”, or if you like diphthongs, “aetiology“, from _aitos_, account or cause.
Sir Gustav Nossal
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sir Gustav Nossal
Oh, and what about Boltzmann?
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Oh, and what about Boltzmann?
Hmmm. What about Kelvin or Mach? Even sticking just to physicists, there are numerous candidates.
My favourite in biology is of course Darwin, in general, but then there's Claude Bernard, Carl Vogt, Pasteur, Humboldt, etc.
Or Mendele'ev, Dalton, Liebig. The list of great scientists is rather long.
My favourite in biology is of course Darwin, in general, but then there's Claude Bernard, Carl Vogt, Pasteur, Humboldt, etc.
Or Mendele'ev, Dalton, Liebig. The list of great scientists is rather long.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hmmm. What about Kelvin or Mach? Even sticking just to physicists, there are numerous candidates.
My favourite in biology is of course Darwin, in general, but then there's Claude Bernard, Carl Vogt, Pasteur, Humboldt, etc.
Or Mendele'ev, Dalton, Liebig. The list of great scientists is rather long.
My favourite in biology is of course Darwin, in general, but then there's Claude Bernard, Carl Vogt, Pasteur, Humboldt, etc.
Or Mendele'ev, Dalton, Liebig. The list of great scientists is rather long.
Brisbanians think 28C is cool. They wear sweaters at 24C.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Brisbanians think 28C is cool. They wear sweaters at 24C.
Great series but he failed to stick the landing.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Great series but he failed to stick the landing.
Darwin believed evolved brains could not solve the existence of God. He was perfectly happy with our ability to do science.
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Darwin believed evolved brains could not solve the existence of God. He was perfectly happy with our ability to do science.
Whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.
Reposted by John S. Wilkins
Something for everyone to hate here! Plenty to agree with, but also strawman arguments, conflating preregistration, replication and Registered Reports, attacking Jussim as preregistration advocate but promoting his anti-wokeism…
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Something for everyone to hate here! Plenty to agree with, but also strawman arguments, conflating preregistration, replication and Registered Reports, attacking Jussim as preregistration advocate but promoting his anti-wokeism…
Stephen Miller is Mr Burn’s bastard son. Pass it on.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Stephen Miller is Mr Burn’s bastard son. Pass it on.
Clearly I misunderstood your citation of that admonition ☹️
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Clearly I misunderstood your citation of that admonition ☹️