Irish Class, November 3, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 3 lá Mí na Samhna 2014
October 27 was an all-class session. I had to pretend I was a wise elder.
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Monday Night Irish Class, November 3, 2014
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Fascism and capital punishment
Mussolini’s Secret Weapon: Castor Oil is an interesting sidelight on history. It includes something in particular for modern Americans to think about:
In the years from the March of Rome, 1922 to Italy’s foolish entry into WW2 10 June 1940 sixty five men were executed in Fascist Italy (there were also a dozen or so extra legal killings). In modern Texas (with a population over half the size of 1930s Italy) twenty to thirty individuals are executed a year.
Forward into the past
The dangers of forced religion
“Skepticism” about Climate Change
The link between atmospheric CO2 and rising global temperatures cannot be dismissed as a case of “correlation and causality.” Continue reading
Fox News on the Antares rocket failure
Who to praise? Who to blame?
Ambition: The Film
This is magnificent.
As Christian Ready wrote:
If you can get Littlefinger to support your space program, you’re doing something right.
Also see Why Watch ESA Rosetta’s Movie ‘Ambition’? Because We Want to Know What is Possible. The article ranges from the Classics to the changing roles of America and Europe in space.
The Problem With Positive Thinking
It calms you down but drains you of energy
From Andrew Mills, who related it to the Stoic concept of negative visualization.
Bring me Schrödinger’s head!
From Floraidh
Monday Night Irish Class, October 20, 2014
Irish Class, October 20, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, an 20ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2014
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From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 