There seem to be two kinds of science, that which reveals truth, and that which exploits it.
I am all for the first and have limited use for and suspicion of the second.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Reasonable actions and individual responsibility
Excerpt from the Roger Barnes book "The Dinghy Cruising Companion"
On land we inhabit an increasingly artificial environment. Although we enjoy the comforts of modern civilisation, perhaps we feel that something has been lost. Or why is it that so many of us take long aeroplane flights to distant lands, where life seems simpler and less artificial? It is as if we want to chase down the last remaining scraps of primitive authenticity before they too are lost, and in doing so we contribute to their inevitable destruction.
On land we inhabit an increasingly artificial environment. Although we enjoy the comforts of modern civilisation, perhaps we feel that something has been lost. Or why is it that so many of us take long aeroplane flights to distant lands, where life seems simpler and less artificial? It is as if we want to chase down the last remaining scraps of primitive authenticity before they too are lost, and in doing so we contribute to their inevitable destruction.
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