What, Why & How do we Know ?
T E Lawrence in Seven Pillars of Wisdom (p417, Cape 1940 edition) The Arab respected force a little: he respected craft more, and often had it in enviable degree: but most of all he respected blunt sincerity of utterance, nearly the sole weapon God had excluded from his armament. The Turk was all things by turn, … Continue reading “Lawrence’s Humour”
Sorry, couldn’t resist capturing these links after browsing a link from Rivets. This German site with zillions of air-show pics and links http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictures/index.html Includes those C17 flare smoke / trailing vortex images. This bible (?) page with countless images of vapour clouds http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20041216.htm Linked here before, but this page has dozens (hundreds ?) of further … Continue reading “Aircraft Piccies”
Here in northern Alabama, there are a dozen churches of every christian denomination per square mile as far as the eye can see. The locals also seem to “celebrate” Halloween as a major social and commercial event. We’ve been unable to move for pumpkins, fall-wreaths, packets of “treats” and the smell of cinnamon in the … Continue reading “Paradoxical Fun ?”
It’s fascinating what video clips you can find on-line, somehow much more interesting than the music download thing. Rivets keeps linking to eclectic, downright bizarre and genuinely interesting examples. A great collection of piano players here at White Man Stew. And whilst we’re linking from Rivets … Da Vinci turning in his grave ? One … Continue reading “You Tube Phenomenon”
Further to the last post, I’ve seen some interesting things about car selling in the last three weeks. Initially I put my motor up for sale at the wrong price – right age, but no adjustment for the very high mileage (it’s probably the highest mileage VX in captivity in fact). Anyway in three weeks … Continue reading “Car Buying Behaviour & Scams”
I need to get this topic at the right level, following the Blackmore vs Midgley outing of yesterday. Before memes, let’s get the garbage out of the way …. It was set up as Blackmore vs Midgley, a combative argument – I have (on this very blog) agreed with both Midgley and Blackmore – I … Continue reading “More on Memes”
… perhaps Israel and the “west” could ask themselves why a party of violence is popular with its citizens ? “No negotiation with terrorists until they denounce violence ?” Yeah, right, we understand the PR rhetoric, but one hopes realistic questions are being asked by skilled diplomats and negotiators.
Browsing The Edge (see previous post) I see this article by Canadian paleontologist and broadcaster Scott Sampson. He sees cross-discipline eco-focussed education projects as shifting the evolution debate from history on geological timescales to here and now relevance, and creating a better informed population in the process. As a pan-Darwinist, I’d have to agree.[My last … Continue reading “Antidote to IDC”