Monday, 23 May 2011
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!!!
Labels:
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)
Labels:
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.
Labels:
Self-Reference,
T-Shirt Slogans
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
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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
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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
— Sir Arnold Robinson
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Yes Minister
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Monday, 9 May 2011
Sunday, 8 May 2011
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.
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
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Mervyn Peake
Friday, 6 May 2011
Platonic Essentialism & Zoroastrian Separatism Masquerading As Science
"What makes us human?"
cf
"What makes them cockroaches?"
"What makes them wombats?"
"What makes them bacteria?"
"What makes them magnolias?"
"What makes them truffles?"
cf
"What makes them cockroaches?"
"What makes them wombats?"
"What makes them bacteria?"
"What makes them magnolias?"
"What makes them truffles?"
Labels:
Mythology,
Philosophy,
Science
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