being and becoming in the world
On a recent break in Aberdeenshire, I read Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood [a gift from my daughter Rachel]. The following passage is from this book, it is the … Continue reading ‘But is unscientific, quite unscientific’
As a species we are rather good at bullshitting! In the Observer, 18th July 2021, there was an interview on this subject with the cognitive scientist Martin Turpin: It would … Continue reading Do you think science is bullshit free?
As featured in the Observer, Sunday 8 November 2020
This is an old review of an old book. I find that I am not well enough versed to understand the full context and that I struggle with some of … Continue reading ‘The scientific attitude’
artist backwards [I was young] I walked into science. My Granny loved to tell how I could sleep whilst still standing: an ability that I lost before my Granny died. … Continue reading Let me share this story one day
For my birthday, my son Andrew gave me the book ‘Scientific Babel’ by Michael D. Gordin. Here are a few extracts: