Ali Boyle
@aliboyle.bsky.social
Philosopher of science. Thinking about nonhuman minds, memory, living things. Cat person.
I thought that was a tin can knit! That one's on my list :)
January 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I thought that was a tin can knit! That one's on my list :)
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I once had an anaesthesiologist reply ‘nothing philosophical about this [anaesthesia]; it’s pure science’. Sadly he said this just as he was giving me a general anaesthetic, so I only got as far as ‘um, actually -‘ before losing consciousness. When I came to he was nowhere to be seen, the coward.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I once had an anaesthesiologist reply ‘nothing philosophical about this [anaesthesia]; it’s pure science’. Sadly he said this just as he was giving me a general anaesthetic, so I only got as far as ‘um, actually -‘ before losing consciousness. When I came to he was nowhere to be seen, the coward.
I once had an anaesthesiologist reply ‘nothing philosophical about this [anaesthesia]; it’s pure science’. Sadly he said this just as he was giving me a general anaesthetic, so I only got as far as ‘um, actually -‘ before losing consciousness. When I came to he was nowhere to be seen, the coward.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I once had an anaesthesiologist reply ‘nothing philosophical about this [anaesthesia]; it’s pure science’. Sadly he said this just as he was giving me a general anaesthetic, so I only got as far as ‘um, actually -‘ before losing consciousness. When I came to he was nowhere to be seen, the coward.