Dragonbait

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Science
Location	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Introduction	I am a single dad, a semi-retired scientist, and a walking, opinionated sack of questions. Most of my questions have to do with the nature of "The Dragon" which is a euphemism for the human universe: humanity plus all aspects of our past, present, future, environment and philosophy.
Interests	my daughter, ancient history, archaeology, ecology, European history, evolutionary sociology, geology, global warming, palaeoecology, palynology, philosophy, politics, and (generally speaking) how the Universe works.
Favorite Movies	Avatar, Blood Diamond, Braveheart, The Constant Gardener, Henry V by Branagh, Into the Wild, The Kingdom of Heaven, Lord of War, The Professional, Rapa-Nui, The Secret of Roan Inish, The Snow Walker, To Kill a Mockingbird, War Inc.
Favorite Books	Abusing Science by Philip Kitcher, Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins, Collapse by Jared Diamond, The End of Faith by Sam Harris, The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene, False Dawn: the delusions of global capitalism by John Gray, God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens, Good without God by Greg M. Epstein, The Lucifer Principle by Howard Bloom, The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris, The Moral Lives of Animals by Dale Peterson, The Moral Status of Animals by Stephen Clark, Science Friction by Michael Shermer, The Vanishing Country by Mel Hurtig