Tag: Metrology
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One nice thing
Speaking of the direct connection to the universe with alidades…. One nice thing about getting older is the change from nearsighted to farsighted. When young I needed glasses to see beyond arms length. In the last few years I’ve stopped wearing them around the house, and then during neighborhood walks. I kept them on for…
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Back to Maragha again 1/2
I’m trying to reconnect with inspiration after a long dull winter. I’m mostly old and weary after four years of world holocaust, and partly distracted by “hurry up and wait” dealings with my courseware publisher. The project is all done now, so I no longer have to keep my mental desk clear for sudden final…
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Back to Maragha again 2/2
Continued from part 1. Christoph Scheiner’s magnum opus is Rosa Ursina, published in 1620. The title, roughly the Bear’s Rose, is an extremely poetic and sycophantic dedication to his patron, Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano. The bear, of course, is the patron’s name, and Scheiner waxes lyrical about the vast mind and infinite morality and…
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Immediate example
Here’s a good example of the defector rule I was discussing in previous item. This author is trying to say that Deepstate is not as powerful as we think. Specifically, Deepstate has been warning the rest of the government that the war in Ukraine is pointless and unwinnable. He starts with one blatant lie and…
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Astrology wins
I started keeping a daily worklog for life in 2016, after realizing the value of worklogs in work projects. The lifelog gets more ‘chatty’ every year. At first it was just dumps and sleeps, now I try to notice and write down everything that might be relevant. Looking back at previous logs makes it easy…
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Reprint: Culture = skills.
Mentioned in previous, worth a reprint. = = = = = START 2020 REPRINT: A new measurement of the cerebellum is SHOCKING as usual. It’s essentially a flat sheet with the thickness of a crepe, crinkled into hundreds of folds to make it fit into a compact volume about one-eighth the volume of the cerebral…
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Flat wrong.
From EvoNews: = = = = = START QUOTE: The advancement of science is one of mankind’s greatest triumphs. And who could be against it? Deploying the raw power of rational analysis, science exponentially increases our understanding of the natural world and leads to wonderous applications to improve the human condition. = = = =…
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Reprint on analog/digital
Linked in previous, definitely worth a reprint. = = = = = START 2013 REPRINT: Noticed an interesting article on an unfathomable and completely pointless dispute among mathies. The ‘foundational’ types seem to be puzzled about the distinction between countable infinities and the continuum. This leads to some kind of irreconcilable thingamajig which must be…
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Who are they fooling?
The current disconnect on economics is weird. At this point many of the ‘establishment’ types recognize that ordinary people are suffering. Even Bloomberg News, heart of the ‘establishment’, describes reality pretty well. Meanwhile, the alleged ‘leftist’ and ‘radical’ economists stubbornly stick to the crazy official numbers. An article by Dean Baker in the Nation asks…
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Meta-trust
I noticed somebody citing a poll on trusted institutions by the Edelman outfit. Looked and quickly realized the “poll” was a pusher. It was telling businesses that they need to be strictly DNC if they want to be trusted. More “climate”, more “diversity”, more “virus”, more “science”. This obviously won’t work. Taking a side is…
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Showing your work!
This think-piece by the Pew Poll is a wonderful example of transparency. They tell in detail how they categorize people. The article goes through the history of polling and describes how each broad category (religion, income, etc) developed. This helps readers to determine when a definition changed and why. Most definitions changed when polling revealed…
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Taibbi is an aspectless idiot
One headline is enough: The Fix is In. Taibbi constantly plays the fake surprise game, pretending that journalism used to be honest and politics used to be honest. Now the Horrible Other Party has turned everything sour, but we can restore the old pristine state of integrity by “electing” My Wonderful Party. 2/3 of the…
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Real vs fake metrology
I’ve observed for a long time that the public voices for Populism are mostly fake, mostly serving Wall Street with fake “solutions” that help the banks. There might be some exceptions, but the exceptions don’t seem to stay in the public eye. The only REAL populist in American history was FDR, who didn’t sound like…
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No eagers
O’Keefe pulls off an undercover “Tinder date” with a dude who heads Cybersecurity for two major government departments. Of course the official doesn’t reveal any significant Shannon information. Deepstate never reveals anything that isn’t already common knowledge. In this interview, similar to O’Keefe’s older interviews with media insiders, the insider DOES reveal that he isn’t…
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Another reprint from the sane time
Yeah, another reprint from the years before the holocaust when I still had all my curiosity and sharpness. Now, partly from age and partly from total depletion of gumption, I don’t have meaningful dreams and can’t make meaningful connections. From 2018. = = = = = START REPRINT: ZeroHedge is doomporning as usual, pointing to…
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