Tag: Deep Stuff
A Synesthetic Moment!
I went to a performance of Handel’s Messiah last night, performed by the Monmouth Choral Society. It was their conductor’s last night, so they there was an extra charge and the choir were singing their thanks for his time with them. In one of the choral airs, the music builds to the phrase, “he shall…
Chronic Phonics Cook The Books
“If we are uncritical, we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories.” Karl Popper I’m indebted to yesterday’s Times’ leader article for giving me the quote above and introducing me to Karl…
Capitalism Is Eating Itself
I never really got the Commies – they seemed to want to drag everyone down to the lowest common denominator with, what were once, very good intentions. The milder form, Socialism, seems to be mostly about spite. Capitalism seems to be the obvious way that humans work together and it pretty much delivers what most…