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What I suspect it is is memory. Collective memory. Language enables you to use my brain as a storage device for your thoughts.
Sheldrake will disagree.

I think "rational" was probably a favourite word of eugenicists. Of course it has a respectable meaning but it is often used as a weasel word by anoraks who prefer to overlook emotional con ...

Applied Epistemology rather hopes that eugenics comes back into fashion one day since it holds that all rational policies are worth constantly re-viewing.
This is disturbing in all sorts of ways. AE ...

It may have escaped your notice but the German High Command were an ineffectual bunch of nobodies throughout the Nazi era.
Since few of us can name more than ten people in the high command, you are p ...

You are aware, Mr Harper, that most of that is un-analytical tripe?

I love the way people can say things with great certainty about things we cannot possibly know.
And I don't love it. I do wish ...

Not one theorised substance (quarks, Higgs bosons, black holes, dark matter) nor any other theorised particle or effect have ever been observed or reproduced in lab experiments.
At last! You can 'pr ...

Well I will give you some solidarity in ignorance:

Is it weird or normal for one quake, based in the south-east of England to be felt so strongly in every county of the UK?

That seems large to m ...

I have a nice collection of antique newspapers. I found this a number of years ago and thought it might spark some discussion.

Illustrated London News
Feb. 29th 1868.

Archaeology of the Month
...

Here is a fairly vague yet suspicious (considering what Hatty uncovered) hint at why he wrote the book:

...launching his own renewable energy initiatives, understands the scale of the impending cri ...

Was oil ever "reasonably priced" or even "plentiful", everywhere that is?

The fact that Rock Hudson in Giant was so excited to find oil in a film set almost a century ago probab ...

So "small oil" played no role in his prior silence?

What is 'small oil'?

Can you please identify the direction in which the climate is changing?

In which direction? No. It was an as ...

...a family name said to pre-date the Normans but whose origins are obscure, partly due to all the variations in spelling...Fothringham, Fothrynghame, Fotringham, Foderingham (relates to fodder, i.e. ...

In the nineteenth century the railway companies were trying to boost tourism into unlikely places and Gaelicising names (along with the whole shortbreading of Scotland -- Waverley Station for Chrissak ...

And doubly suspicious that he omits this from his book, only including his charitable efforts.

Jesus...by telling us all that he knows for a fact that oil will run out within the next three years, ...

Prestwick is interesting. From my own research Prestwick was founded as a Burgh in the 12th or 13th century (though the settlement existed before this) and existing documents of the time did use the n ...

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Topic: Where are all the Neanderthals?
AJMorton Replies: 433 Views: 218466	Forum: Pre-History Posted: 12:50 pm Subject: Where are all the Neanderthals?
AJMorton Replies: 433 Views: 218466	What I suspect it is is memory. Collective memory. Language enables you to use my brain as a storage device for your thoughts. Sheldrake will disagree.
Topic: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	Forum: Health Posted: 1:22 pm Subject: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	I think "rational" was probably a favourite word of eugenicists. Of course it has a respectable meaning but it is often used as a weasel word by anoraks who prefer to overlook emotional con ...
Topic: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	Forum: Health Posted: 12:11 pm Subject: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	Applied Epistemology rather hopes that eugenics comes back into fashion one day since it holds that all rational policies are worth constantly re-viewing. This is disturbing in all sorts of ways. AE ...
Topic: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	Forum: Health Posted: 11:51 am Subject: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	It may have escaped your notice but the German High Command were an ineffectual bunch of nobodies throughout the Nazi era. Since few of us can name more than ten people in the high command, you are p ...
Topic: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	Forum: Health Posted: 10:50 am Subject: Inside Every Fat Person
AJMorton Replies: 153 Views: 139825	You are aware, Mr Harper, that most of that is un-analytical tripe? I love the way people can say things with great certainty about things we cannot possibly know. And I don't love it. I do wish ...
Topic: Origins of....Species
AJMorton Replies: 250 Views: 193299	Forum: Life Sciences Posted: 7:56 am Subject: Origins of....Species
AJMorton Replies: 250 Views: 193299	Not one theorised substance (quarks, Higgs bosons, black holes, dark matter) nor any other theorised particle or effect have ever been observed or reproduced in lab experiments. At last! You can 'pr ...
Topic: Whose fault is it?
AJMorton Replies: 43 Views: 39369	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 7:47 am Subject: Whose fault is it?
AJMorton Replies: 43 Views: 39369	Well I will give you some solidarity in ignorance: Is it weird or normal for one quake, based in the south-east of England to be felt so strongly in every county of the UK? That seems large to m ...
Topic: Runic America
AJMorton Replies: 1 Views: 2969	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:47 am Subject: Runic America
AJMorton Replies: 1 Views: 2969	I have a nice collection of antique newspapers. I found this a number of years ago and thought it might spark some discussion. Illustrated London News Feb. 29th 1868. Archaeology of the Month ...
Topic: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:14 pm Subject: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	Here is a fairly vague yet suspicious (considering what Hatty uncovered) hint at why he wrote the book: ...launching his own renewable energy initiatives, understands the scale of the impending cri ...
Topic: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:25 am Subject: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	Was oil ever "reasonably priced" or even "plentiful", everywhere that is? The fact that Rock Hudson in Giant was so excited to find oil in a film set almost a century ago probab ...
Topic: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:34 am Subject: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	So "small oil" played no role in his prior silence? What is 'small oil'? Can you please identify the direction in which the climate is changing? In which direction? No. It was an as ...
Topic: Eatingham
AJMorton Replies: 28 Views: 13606	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:18 am Subject: Eatingham
AJMorton Replies: 28 Views: 13606	...a family name said to pre-date the Normans but whose origins are obscure, partly due to all the variations in spelling...Fothringham, Fothrynghame, Fotringham, Foderingham (relates to fodder, i.e. ...
Topic: Eatingham
AJMorton Replies: 28 Views: 13606	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:16 am Subject: Eatingham
AJMorton Replies: 28 Views: 13606	In the nineteenth century the railway companies were trying to boost tourism into unlikely places and Gaelicising names (along with the whole shortbreading of Scotland -- Waverley Station for Chrissak ...
Topic: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:29 pm Subject: Not Enough Oil?
AJMorton Replies: 89 Views: 79133	And doubly suspicious that he omits this from his book, only including his charitable efforts. Jesus...by telling us all that he knows for a fact that oil will run out within the next three years, ...
Topic: Eatingham
AJMorton Replies: 28 Views: 13606	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:25 pm Subject: Eatingham
AJMorton Replies: 28 Views: 13606	Prestwick is interesting. From my own research Prestwick was founded as a Burgh in the 12th or 13th century (though the settlement existed before this) and existing documents of the time did use the n ...