Sunday, 22 May 2011

The Poetry Of Logic

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
 — Albert Einstein

Synchronised Swarming

Saturday, 21 May 2011

Vindicated

Aspersion Syndrome

Bernard Woolley: You could make her listen to REASON, Minister.
Jim Hacker: She's a SOCIOLOGY student, Bernard!!!

Monday, 16 May 2011

Proving Chomsky Right

The finding of arguments
for a conclusion given in advance
is not philosophy,
but special pleading.
 — Bertrand Russell 'The History Of Western Philosophy' (pp 453-4)

Intuition And Science

It is not what the man [sic] of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition.
 — Bertrand Russell 'The History Of Western Philosophy' (p514)

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Richard Cranium

Phrenology keeps raising its ugly head.

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Good And Evil

Binary thinking can be both a blessing and a curse.

Cynicism And Cringe

Millions adored Seinfeld or were addicted to the drollery of The Office and other Ricky Gervais creations while, to me, they never rose above examples of demeaning cynicism and the festering humour of cringe.
 — Doug Anderson

Fœtid World

That he is seldom seen doing the rounds of media glitz or participating in the swill of ego-stroking and narcissism that propels the fœtid world of television is perhaps the most significant indicator that his work is serious.
 — Doug Anderson

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Secret Service

If people don't know what you're doing,
they don't know what you're doing wrong.
 — Sir Arnold Robinson

Them

Far Away On An Autumn Day

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Climates Of The Mind

As I see it, or as I want to see it,
the marvels of the visible world are not things in themselves
but revelations to stir the imagination —
to conduct us to amazing climates of the mind,
which climates it is for the artist
to translate into paint or into words.
 — Mervyn Peake