wild roses ... |
Monday, July 02, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Some grains of corn
Monsieur Rousseau whose 300th birthday is being celebrated today – well, more less than more – like many others gave evidence that he who writes a lot not seldom does write a lot of rubbish, such as
• Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
• Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
However, being no blind hen one could find some grains of corn, so to write.
• People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
• No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
• Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make
them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man
with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.
• However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
The peace of the night.
Labels:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
quotations
Monday, June 25, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Dunning-Kruger-Effect
Incompetent people will:
I do doubt this.
The peace of the night.
- tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
- fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
- fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
I do doubt this.
The peace of the night.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Just a thought
0,0535446 Euro per keystroke is quite reasonable a fee.
On second thought ...
Why would so many people become sateless?
On second thought ...
Why would so many people become sateless?
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Friday, June 08, 2012
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Venus Transit
A photo of a Venus transit, |
... neither taken by NASA, obviously, |
nor taken today, but in June 2004. |
Today, thanks to the forecast, none of us would have got up for the 'event'.
We shall wait for better weather in 2117.
We shall wait for better weather in 2117.
Labels:
astronomy,
photography,
Venus Transit
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