Mohan Matthen, a philosopher of biology, has a very nice takedown of Thomas Nagel's qualified support for teaching creationism on his blog. Hat tip Leiter.
Richard Losick has an excellent piece on the problems of using cultured lab strains when studying microbes, at Small Things Considered.
A new blog on politics and science, A Vote for Science, has started up at the mothership. Hopefully, when the present unpleasantness in the US has concluded for four years, we can get onto some wider and more interesting matters.
Wesley Elsberry has a plaintive cri de coeur about the joys of sleep apnea diagnosis. With all that equipment on you, you can't sleep, I know, which makes the tests somewhat self-fulfilling.
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A. C. Grayling replies in a piece of beautiful snark to Steve Fuller's response to his review of Dissent over Descent. Thony is not permitted to point out any further historical inaccuracies...
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Let me wrap up the week's blogging by directing you to two essays related to things we've been discussing this week.
The first is Mohan Matthen's review of Thomas Nagel's book in The Philosopher's Magazine. I refer you to it partly because it's an interesting essay in its own right, but also…
Edward Feser has replied to my earlier post about some of the responses to Thomas Nagel's new book. Feser took exception to my remarks. Let's have a look.
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Philosopher Thomas Nagel recently published a book called Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False. The general consensus was that the book delivered considerably less than it promised. H. Allen Orr's negative review from The New York…
Your CPAP and You
The only advice I can give is, get used to it. Being ready for bed helps a lot. Not fretting about being woken up in the middle of the night because you stopped breathing or can't breathe helps a lot too.
Get used to wearing the mask, be ready for bed, and don't fret about being able to breathe. That should help. Good luck.