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News Briefs 04-10-2007

Should be able to give you a sneak peek at the upcoming Daily Grail anthology tomorrow (and a name)…

Thanks Rick.

Quote of the Day:

I hope that nations can at last see better reasons for exploring space, and that future decisions would be informed by intelligence and reason, not the macho-nationalism that fuelled the early Space Race.

Arthur C. Clarke

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  1. Linklater’s snidery
    The time has come to wean ourselves off this fatal addiction to mythology.

    Gods do I wish Joseph Campbell was alive to debate this. Linklater’s ignorance of the difference between ‘mythology’ and ‘legend’ is abhorrent. Gah, I’d write more, but I’m too angry.

    1. Yeah, but…
      Had he mentioned religion, and Christianity specifically, would you be so angry? ‘Cause I’ve heard the same points being made about people’s faith of choice right here at TDG without any words like “ignorance” and “abhorrent” being mentioned (well, maybe myself and a couple of other readers).

      Which is why it’s always just good manners to respect people and their beliefs, passions and interests, even you don’t hold the same.

  2. Competition
    Arthur C. Clarke, who I hear is a moderately intelligent person, should know the inherent benefits of competition in the progress and success of man. From the Neolithic to the space age, there are some basic facts that have always held true. Sure it has its ugly traits, but on the whole it’s the engine of success. But hey, when have ideologues ever let the lessons of history, logic or even common sense get in their way? Ivory towers are comfy places. So I hear.

    1. Perhaps he is wishing
      that humanity could now base their progress on another base than a purely materialistic one?

      There has indeed been much material progress through science and technology on the other hand it is striking how little if any progress at all happened on the psychological side.

      What would an evolved humanity base its advancement on? Certainly not on the premise of its animalistic insecurity. Competition has been based on just these mechanisms whereas cooperation would have led humanity much further, if man could deal with that concept within the context of integral honesty.

  3. Gold rings create first true invisibility cloak
    Mr. Tolkien would be so proud! 🙂

    MYYYYY PPPRECIOUSSSSS

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

  4. Too good to pass up
    Actresses using QM to sell inkjets? Priceless:

    “Um, so, like, this is Jessica Simpson and, so, when an observation, like, collapses the quantum wavefunction or something, the weird little subatomic particles kinda choose which probability-thingy to become, and really weird stuff happens, y’know? And really cool stuff happens when you use an Epson printer! Okay? Bye!”

    Classic. Next, we’ll see Paris Hilton on plate tectonics and perhaps Ricky Martin on nonlinear equations.

    1. Marylin
      It is often said that Marylin Monroe’s personal heroes were: Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein.

      In fact I once saw this movie which is very funny and thought-provoking, where Marilyin Monroe meets Einstein and she wants to discuss with him the nature of the Universe!

      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089343/

      Hey, stranger things have happened 🙂

      —–
      It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
      It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

      Red Pill Junkie

        1. Compliment
          Good morning everyone,
          As a Brit, am I to take that as a compliment?
          I suspect it is the sheer diversity of sub-cultures that exist under the veneer of Brit culture. This, and our natural eccentricity.

          I’m fanatical about moderation

          Anthony North

        2. Brit-Bats
          Paul, as an ex-Brit I think Pommie eccentricity can best be explained by the fact that we greatly venerate our national icon Big Ben – the bell is cracked (which is why it has its distinctive sound). There isn’t a single person in the UK who would have Big Ben sound any other way!

          Regards, Kathrinn

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