Friday, 27 May 2011
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Pleasure Is Where You Find It
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness
of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
— Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
A Well Respected Man
He dresses how he votes.
— David Bridie '25 stations'
— David Bridie '25 stations'
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David Bridie,
Lyrics
Fiasco
We need wisdom more than ever
Even with the best intentions
The centre cannot hold
The centre cannot hold
— David Bridie 'The Centre Cannot Hold'
Even with the best intentions
The centre cannot hold
The centre cannot hold
— David Bridie 'The Centre Cannot Hold'
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David Bridie,
Lyrics,
WB Yeats
Strike A Poseur
The triumph of style over substance is celebrated endlessly at numerous annual awards ceremonies — from the Oscars down.
— Doug Anderson
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Doug Anderson
'A Demeaning Display Of Anodyne Music And Fantasy Costumes'
Inanity writ large with a 10-tonne DayGlo Pentel. This utterly unnecessary event highlights the absurd efforts that aspiring pop singers will go to in order to lose a meaningless competition and avoid saddling their country with the expense of hosting the ensuing year's telecast, which costs squillions and advances bugger all.
— Doug Anderson on the Eurovision Song Contest
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Doug Anderson
Monday, 23 May 2011
Nothing But
It is my conviction
that killing under the cloak of war
is nothing but an act of murder.
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
Sunday, 22 May 2011
The Poetry Of Logic
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
— Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Aspersion Syndrome
Bernard Woolley: You could make her listen to REASON, Minister.
Jim Hacker: She's a SOCIOLOGY student, Bernard!!!
Jim Hacker: She's a SOCIOLOGY student, Bernard!!!
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Yes Minister
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Monday, 16 May 2011
Proving Chomsky Right
The finding of arguments
for a conclusion given in advance
is not philosophy,
but special pleading.
for a conclusion given in advance
is not philosophy,
but special pleading.
— Bertrand Russell 'The History Of Western Philosophy' (pp 453-4)
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Bertrand Russell,
Philosophy
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)
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Bertrand Russell,
Philosophy,
Science
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Good And Evil
Binary thinking can be both a blessing and a curse.
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Self-Reference,
T-Shirt Slogans
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