Paul Dirac was one of human history’s most influential mathematicians and physicists, and apparently did deliver the quote at left. It’s unclear, however, if he didn’t mean it as a joke. Voltaire said (something like), “God gave us noses so …
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The Forms of Ignorance
This is an interesting thought, though it’s unclear why rejecting something one knows nothing about is any more ignorant than asserting something on a subject that one knows nothing about. Maybe both are equally harmful. I’m constantly running into people …
Kash Patel to Head the FBI?
Maybe the appointment of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense doesn’t scare you. You may think: Hey, we have 625 four-star generals who are more than capable of keeping our military on track. Let’s hope you’re right. But can we …
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Now This from Karl Marx
Here we are, about 150 years after Marx made this statement, and we can now see that he was wrong. Humankind has and will continue to embrace capitalism until organized life on this planet is gone, via some combination of …
Advice on Writing from C.S. Lewis
At left is what the great C.S. Lewis advised a “schoolgirl in America” on the subject of writing. I was particularly taken by his point #3: “Write with the ear.” In my constructing my sentences and paragraphs, I try to …
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Learning from History
Yes, the situation here is sad, but keep in mind what Hegel said, “The only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn anything from history.” Also, remember that this “large chunk of America” is far meaner and …
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Trump Doesn’t Appear to “Back the Blue,” But Somehow His Supporters Don’t Seem to Care
I asked my lifelong Republican mom the other night on the phone how happy she was with what Trump has done since his inauguration, and she indicated her full support. I didn’t ask specifically about the matter presented at the …
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Do We See What’s Happening?
Here’s the viewpoint of Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT). For my money, Murphy is among the most compassionate and insightful of our public servants.
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The End of American Democracy
The corporate news media has one duty above all others, and it’s not to honestly inform us; it’s to generate profits for shareholders. For that reason, it’s not rational to hope that they’ll put too much focus on American democracy’s …
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What Happened in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
This all could have gone so differently. We could have had an intelligent, compassionate, and fair-minded president, yet we opted for one of the most disgusting human beings ever to have walked the planet, And of course, we knew exactly …
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