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You’re right, that’s my mistake. Because the two incidents occurred a couple of months apart, I guess they often get…
This is incorrect. The incident involving Petrov occured on September 26, 1983. Petrov judged that the Oko early warning system’s…
This is an awful loss, I’m crushed by it. Dale was one of my most important mentors, philosophical interlocutors, and…
(I won’t use my name or email address as this post is critical of other philosophers.) Bill was one of…
Although I didn’t know Dale well, I had the good fortune to meet and interact with him during graduate school…
I am shell shocked. Dale was an exemplary and creative moral philosophy, rigorously engaged with the most foundational issues across…
This is sharply at variance with my understanding of the situation. The general consensus for some while has been that…
Oh, wait. It's Bob Dylan.
See what prescient Bill Wyman had to say about Bob Dylan and the Nobel prize in 2013. I don't happen to agree, but he makes a pretty decent case. You can see how Dylan stacks up to past winners here.
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