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Freeman Dyson
David Friedman links to this essay about climate change from mega-scientist Freeman Dyson. It’s quite interesting reading, and Dyson is a fascinating man. Check out the Wikipedia entry and the WikiQuote entry. I need to get some of his books.
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The funniest thing on CNN.com today
This article, about the German terror arrests (which isn’t funny mind you) contains the following passage
the same chemical used in the London transport bombs that killed 52 people and four terrorists in 2005
Note the distinction!
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An interesting thought experiment
PurpleSlog has an interesting thought experiment of What Five Places/Events Would You Visit With A Time Machine? They are
- Israel at the start of Christianity (the same as PurpleSlogs)
- The Kennedy Assassination – I’m partial to the Oswald acted alone theory, but it would be nice to know for sure.
- The Russian revolution
- The writing of the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution
- The White House with Lincoln during the Civil War
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I’m back
The trip was nice, more details to follow
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