HOTTE #10: Waking up and going out to work in the uncanny valley

‘The only thing worse than not getting cited is getting cited’, and other inter-disciplinary conceits: Uncanny valley.pdf

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HOTTE #13: Is it explanation yet?

17 Apr 2018

A meditation on Newtonian mechanics, ‘life-history theory’, and optimal bus networks. Is it explanation yet? (PDF) Back to Hanging On To The Edges homepage

HOTTE #12: The worst thing about poverty is not having enough money

21 Mar 2018

Casinos, helicopter money, and the illusion of validity. The worst thing about poverty is not having enough money (PDF) Return to Hanging On To The Edges

HOTTE #11: Getting your head around the Universal Basic Income

13 Feb 2018

Big ideas, money for nothing, and the psychology of sharing out Getting your head around the Universal Basic Income (PDF) Back to the Hanging On To The Edges page

HOTTE #10: Waking up and going out to work in the uncanny valley

16 Jan 2018

‘The only thing worse than not getting cited is getting cited’, and other inter-disciplinary conceits: Uncanny valley.pdf Back to the Hanging On To The Edges page

HOTTE #9: The need for discipline

4 Dec 2017

A meditation on disciplinary boundaries, small worlds, and choral singing The need for discipline (PDF) Back to the Hanging On To The Edges page

HOTTE #8: What is cultural evolution like?

30 Oct 2017

A meditation on cultural Darwinism, evolutionary theory, and cross-country running. What is cultural evolution like (PDF). Return to the Hanging on to the Edges homepage.

HOTTE #7: Staying in the game

25 Sep 2017

A meditation on the highs and lows, the longs and shorts, of academic life. Staying in the game (PDF). Return to the Hanging on to the Edges home page.

HOTTE #6: The cultural and the agentic

5 Sep 2017

Reflections on culture, agency, and Herb Gintis’ Indiviuality and Entanglement. The cultural and the agentic (PDF) Return to the Hanging On To The Edges home page.

HOTTE #5: Let them eat cake!

26 Jun 2017

Reflections on hunger and food; their importance in explaining behaviour; their insufficient visibility in the contemporary human sciences; what peer reviewers don’t like; and the strange things we choose to focus on in our research. This is the last installment of Hanging On To The Edges until autumn 2017 Let them eat cake 1.0. (PDF) Return to the Hanging On To The Edges home page.

HOTTE #4: How My Theory Explains Everything: And Can Make You Healthier, Wealthier and Happier

31 May 2017

The fourth essay in Hanging On To The Edges. A reflection on why scientists behave like red jungle fowl, and a hesitant encomium to doubt and uncertainty. How my theory explains everything 1.0 (PDF)