25Sep 2026 by Post

Will You Take Ice with That? The Latest Madness from Nature Rights

agency, anthropomorphizing, arctic ice, Arctic Institute, Arctic sea ice, cattle ranches, crabs, elements, ethics, fossil fuel, geological features, glacier rights, human exceptionalism, humans, ice melt, intelligentsia, Jim Hightower, minerals, mystification, National Geographic Society, nature rights, NGOs, persons, rights of nature, sea ice, University of Helsinki
Ice has no agency. It is frozen water. Water contains minerals and other elements. Do they have rights, too? Source
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13Jun 2026 by Post

“Mind as an Illusion” Makes No Sense

Alex Rosenberg, brain, Carlo Rovelli, Cheshire Cat, David A. Oakley, Duke University, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, George Orwell, Harry G. Frankfurt, illusion, intelligentsia, Joe Gough, Michael Egnor, mind, naturalism, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Patricia Churchland, Peter L. Halligan, philosophers, scientific reasoning, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Metzinger, University of Mainz
Philosophers of mind using their minds to prove that there is no mind do not help the credibility of their discipline. Source
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26Sep 2025 by Post

Nature Right Pushes Neo-Pagan Mysticism at Highest Academic Levels

advocacy, bioethics, Cherokee, dams, earth goddess, environmental public policies, Faith & Science, flowing, Great Lakes, Harvard Climate Action Week, Harvard Kennedy School, human exceptionalism, human harm, indigenous knowledge, intelligentsia, nature rights, neo-pagan mysticism, Pachamama, rivers, water
Most recently, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a symposium on “nature rights” undergirded by “indigenous knowledge.” Source
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