https://yandoo.wordpress.com/2024/05/11/appeal-to-novelty/ Probably the most egregious use of this fallacy in recent times was in selling the public on the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. These had not been tried on such a wide scale, and doing so was, IMHO, scientifically irresponsible. At the time I was suspicious of this and stuck with a more traditional adenovirus …
Is Christianity Darwinian?
Recently I did a "link post" to The shadow of Pax Romana —Unherd. It's an interview with Tom Holland about "Roman sex lives, Christian morality, and the rise and fall of empires." In it Holland makes an interesting statement the likes of which one doesn't see very often: I think that the thing that enables people …
Eat, Pray, Get Cancelled — Unherd
This week has brought mixed news for beleaguered Ukrainians. Their army’s counteroffensive is taking a heavy toll on its own troops; there have been … Eat, Pray, Get Cancelled
May His Soul Be Bound Up…Northern Plains Anglican
http://northernplainsanglican.com/2023/05/28/may-his-soul-be-bound-up/ This tragedy--a serviceman being killed right at the end of World War II trying to come home--is on par with my uncle, who was killed while training to go overseas in the Army Air Force.
The presentism fallacy — The Logical Place
In recent times, there has been a trend in the popular media towards viewing past events and people through the prism of present-day attitudes. This trend is manifested in attempts to ‘cancel’ the past, including by silencing various discussions, banning books, tearing down statues and so on. In historical and literary analysis, presentism is a […] …
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The Three Little Pigs by Sergei Mikhailov — Mir Books
In this post, we will see the book The Three Little Pigs by Sergei Mikhailov. About the book An illustrated folk tale for children. An English Folk Tale Retold. Illustrated by K. Rotov Translated by Peter Tempest The book was published in 1985 by Malysh Publishers. All credits to Guptaji. You can get the book […] …
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Histories by Tacitus — Books & Boots
Biography Publius Cornelius Tacitus, generally referred to simply as Tacitus, was a Roman statesman and historian. He lived from 56 to 120 AD. Like many Roman writers he had an eminent career in politics and public service. He started his career under the emperor Vespasian (ruled 69 to 79) and entered political life as a […] …
John Milton’s free speech crusade
For John Milton, death was not the end of his troubles. He spent his final years blind and disgraced, in continual fear of execution by the state. As…John Milton’s free speech crusade
When CMYK Separations Were Really Separate — Chet Aero Marine
Anyone who has done any work with print is familiar with the CMYK (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/BlacK) colour scheme. (Most web images are done with the RGB (Red/Green/Blue) scheme.) In either case the idea is that, by using a few colours and mixing them properly, one could produce the effect of many colours, thus making it possible to […]When …
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Reflections on The Wetland Way, or What My Younger Self is Telling Me — Chet Aero Marine
Well, it’s done; The Wetland Way is now blogged and out there. As was the case with The Ten Weeks, it’s time to make some reflections on the work. The first thing I would say is that I would avoid turning it into an allegory of what’s going on now. It was conceived a long […]Reflections …
Positive Infinity 