Posted on September 17, 2007 by jeecarnot
We will make a revolution,” the Imam proclaims through him, “that is a revolt not only against a tyrant, but against history.” For there is an enemy beyond Ayesha, and it is History herself. History is the blood–wine that must no longer be drunk. History the intoxicant, the creation and possession of the Devil, of [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2007 by jeecarnot
Graham Parker – Character Assassination Lyrics
Pre>doo doo etc
It’s a character, character assassination
The monkey’s paw and the powdered tusks the chicken feet and the corn husk emThe spanish fly and the ginseng root the snake oil and the lotus shoot amRan out of magic, ran out of magic and stimulation
How could you lose yourself like that? [...]
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Posted on September 5, 2007 by jeecarnot
But sometimes assumptions lead us down the wrong path. For example, we assume time is continous — meaning that between any two moments of time, no matter how brief, is more time. But if that’s true, then a minute would last forever because it would contain an infinite number of smaller time slices, and infinity [...]
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Posted on September 5, 2007 by jeecarnot
Xeno, an ancient Greek possibly too smart for his own good, developed a paradox. It postulated that motion is impossible because the moving object always has to cover half the distance. Since the number of halves is infinite and they become infinitely small, the moving object never really gets itself going.
The Basic Arrow Example
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Posted on September 5, 2007 by jeecarnot
Zeno’s Paradox of the Tortoise and Achilles
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