Matthew Coates
@coatesmatthew.bsky.social
Visiting Professor in Philosophy (PPEL), Bowling Green State University, Ohio | Birdwatcher | Burnley supporter, Up the Clarets!
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Matthew Coates
@coatesmatthew.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Does it Harm Science to Suppress Dissenting Evidence? | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Does it Harm Science to Suppress Dissenting Evidence?
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If anyone is interested in reading the work I presented at both PPE and #PSA24 conferences they can be found below. Firstly, my work on modeling Hiding Dissent that I presented at the PPE society has now just been published online in Philosophy of Science!
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*You* want to tear down Victorian terraces and replace them with towerblocks because it will usher in a new era of prosperity.
*I* want to tear down Victorian terraces and replace them with towerblocks because it would make Britain look more science fictional.
We are not the same.
*I* want to tear down Victorian terraces and replace them with towerblocks because it would make Britain look more science fictional.
We are not the same.
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
*You* want to tear down Victorian terraces and replace them with towerblocks because it will usher in a new era of prosperity.
*I* want to tear down Victorian terraces and replace them with towerblocks because it would make Britain look more science fictional.
We are not the same.
*I* want to tear down Victorian terraces and replace them with towerblocks because it would make Britain look more science fictional.
We are not the same.
I’m speaking at the PSA Around the World online conference tomorrow (very early in the morning for me)! I will be talking about learning between games as a mechanism for the spread of cooperation and positive norms!
The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)!
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
www.philsci.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m speaking at the PSA Around the World online conference tomorrow (very early in the morning for me)! I will be talking about learning between games as a mechanism for the spread of cooperation and positive norms!
This auction answers the age old question of which is more valuable, the founding artwork of Warhammer, one of Tolkiens writing desks, or a hand annotated original tube map. I was losing sleep not knowing the answer until now
Original 'Harry The Hammer' artwork by John Blanche. Yours for only... £300-400,000. 😅
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#warhammer #gamesworkshop
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#warhammer #gamesworkshop
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This auction answers the age old question of which is more valuable, the founding artwork of Warhammer, one of Tolkiens writing desks, or a hand annotated original tube map. I was losing sleep not knowing the answer until now
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this is porn spam but as a name/email title combo it doesn't not sound like it's offering me the opportunity to shit myself
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
this is porn spam but as a name/email title combo it doesn't not sound like it's offering me the opportunity to shit myself
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Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
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Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
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Trying to persuade my partner that instead of listening to the free jazz we should stand outside, talking about the profound message the artist is sending with this picture and see how many people we can get to follow us.
I love it when an organisation accidentally puts its desktop on a projector, it’s like seeing your most straitlaced friend get drunk.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trying to persuade my partner that instead of listening to the free jazz we should stand outside, talking about the profound message the artist is sending with this picture and see how many people we can get to follow us.
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Why did Tolkien call it The Red Book of Westmarch and not “Mordor, He Wrote”?
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why did Tolkien call it The Red Book of Westmarch and not “Mordor, He Wrote”?
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But also - importantly - he’s turning into Bertrand Russell
People are so ridiculous about aging.
“Tom Baker isn’t looking too good,” someone commented online after the beloved actor made a recent promo appearance. HE IS *91* AND LOOKS FINE, good grief.
“Tom Baker isn’t looking too good,” someone commented online after the beloved actor made a recent promo appearance. HE IS *91* AND LOOKS FINE, good grief.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
But also - importantly - he’s turning into Bertrand Russell
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are writers for the spectator okay?
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
are writers for the spectator okay?
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
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Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
Thanks to the BBC we've just learnt that the effigies of Gog and Magog, appearing in the Lady Mayors Show are:
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
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Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
One the one hand the Dodgers won the World Series, on the other hand the Dodgers got swept by the Angels this year, and we’re absolute shit, so who are the real winners?
November 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
One the one hand the Dodgers won the World Series, on the other hand the Dodgers got swept by the Angels this year, and we’re absolute shit, so who are the real winners?
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Admiral William Halsey, November 1942, Guadalcanal:
Yamamoto must have nerves of steel
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Admiral William Halsey, November 1942, Guadalcanal:
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All in favour of shared spaces that get people out and about and it you’re going to burn money on gambling then yeah, better to do so with a friendly person on hand. But still some incredible “men’s mental health” lobbying against a gambling tax in the Sunday Times. www.thetimes.com/article/f115...
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
All in favour of shared spaces that get people out and about and it you’re going to burn money on gambling then yeah, better to do so with a friendly person on hand. But still some incredible “men’s mental health” lobbying against a gambling tax in the Sunday Times. www.thetimes.com/article/f115...
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Would it not therefore be simpler/
For 30 Conservative MPs to write letters of no confidence in the people/
and elect another?
For 30 Conservative MPs to write letters of no confidence in the people/
and elect another?
In the 35 years Daniel Hannan has been a member of the Conservative Party, they have been in government as the result of that problem electorate a total of 21 years.
A Brexiter writes...
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Would it not therefore be simpler/
For 30 Conservative MPs to write letters of no confidence in the people/
and elect another?
For 30 Conservative MPs to write letters of no confidence in the people/
and elect another?
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Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
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October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness