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The world waits. The Iranians have carefully signalled--by telling the Americans where they were going to fire their 'retaliatory' missiles and by using the exact number of missiles that the Americans ...

I know why I'm willing to entertain that orthodoxy is wrong
This is the critical question. Or rather the second half of the question is: "Why aren't other people?" But the truth is, they ar ...

One of the more difficult problems to solve is that people confuse amenity with saving the planet. This was me trying to draw this to people's attention. Rather confusedly, reading it now, but this wa ...

THE HYPERBOREANS: HUMAN ORIGINS PART VII - Continued.... The simple Hyperborean model would have us classify the Australian Aborigines, like the marsupials that share their island, as the last remaini ...

The Iranians have absolutely no interest in civilian nuclear power. The Russians built them a small nuke power station, I assume because it was a badge of modernity. They have a small interest in enri ...

Good Grief

You read the paper On the Danish Origins of the 'Beowulf' Story. We found a related paper on Academia: Beowulf and the Icelandic Conquest of England Pétur Knútsson 2008, Det norrøne o ...

BACTERIA IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE BARRIER It was my experience in Africa that made me realize just how monumental is the role of bacteria (disease) in the history of Humanity. Within my first two years o ...

I had Galileo Galilei down as 'a movement' as well. Not so much strength in unity as safe in anonymity. I had them outside the Church but reformers inside works too. Or it could be standard bearers of ...

THE HYPERBOREANS: HUMAN ORIGINS PART VII One of the great anomalies of history is the shockingly vacant nature of much of the southern hemisphere into the near-modern age.
Good spot.

Watching rece ...

THE HYPERBOREANS: HUMAN ORIGINS PART VI: Continued... The simple model of the Hyperborean Hypothesis has the Earth divided at the middle during the long inter-glacial period preceding the last ice age ...

It's a technique I often use but I have never seen anyone else use. The reason being that, far from being a sugared pill, the average reader would feel insultedly patronised. The human brain cannot me ...

I have given myself a sound thrashing.

This earned me a certain amount of notoriety and remained a steady seller throughout my Medium career
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My To-Do List for Saving the World May 15, 2023
(in no particular order)

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A second is a long time these days. But we knew all this. What we need to know is whether Forgeries has had any effect on the real world. Ask it for a critique of, say, de Hamel's book or the Book of ...

Weren't there experiments involving rolling balls down slopes?

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Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2145 Views: 834945	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:31 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2145 Views: 834945	The world waits. The Iranians have carefully signalled--by telling the Americans where they were going to fire their 'retaliatory' missiles and by using the exact number of missiles that the Americans ...
Topic: The Purpose of AE
Mick Harper Replies: 20 Views: 446	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 6:12 am Subject: The Purpose of AE
Mick Harper Replies: 20 Views: 446	I know why I'm willing to entertain that orthodoxy is wrong This is the critical question. Or rather the second half of the question is: "Why aren't other people?" But the truth is, they ar ...
Topic: Medium Green
Mick Harper Replies: 5 Views: 190	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 5:44 am Subject: Medium Green
Mick Harper Replies: 5 Views: 190	One of the more difficult problems to solve is that people confuse amenity with saving the planet. This was me trying to draw this to people's attention. Rather confusedly, reading it now, but this wa ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 12:28 pm Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	THE HYPERBOREANS: HUMAN ORIGINS PART VII - Continued.... The simple Hyperborean model would have us classify the Australian Aborigines, like the marsupials that share their island, as the last remaini ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2145 Views: 834945	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:20 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2145 Views: 834945	The Iranians have absolutely no interest in civilian nuclear power. The Russians built them a small nuke power station, I assume because it was a badge of modernity. They have a small interest in enri ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Mick Harper Replies: 737 Views: 572160	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 9:57 am Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Mick Harper Replies: 737 Views: 572160	Good Grief You read the paper On the Danish Origins of the 'Beowulf' Story. We found a related paper on Academia: Beowulf and the Icelandic Conquest of England Pétur Knútsson 2008, Det norrøne o ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 9:48 am Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	BACTERIA IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE BARRIER It was my experience in Africa that made me realize just how monumental is the role of bacteria (disease) in the history of Humanity. Within my first two years o ...
Topic: Noms de Fakerie
Mick Harper Replies: 16 Views: 443	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 9:20 am Subject: Noms de Fakerie
Mick Harper Replies: 16 Views: 443	I had Galileo Galilei down as 'a movement' as well. Not so much strength in unity as safe in anonymity. I had them outside the Church but reformers inside works too. Or it could be standard bearers of ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 8:54 am Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	THE HYPERBOREANS: HUMAN ORIGINS PART VII One of the great anomalies of history is the shockingly vacant nature of much of the southern hemisphere into the near-modern age. Good spot. Watching rece ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 8:35 am Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	THE HYPERBOREANS: HUMAN ORIGINS PART VI: Continued... The simple model of the Hyperborean Hypothesis has the Earth divided at the middle during the long inter-glacial period preceding the last ice age ...
Topic: The Purpose of AE
Mick Harper Replies: 20 Views: 446	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 8:06 am Subject: The Purpose of AE
Mick Harper Replies: 20 Views: 446	It's a technique I often use but I have never seen anyone else use. The reason being that, far from being a sugared pill, the average reader would feel insultedly patronised. The human brain cannot me ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 7:30 am Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Mick Harper Replies: 375 Views: 224477	I have given myself a sound thrashing.
Topic: Medium Green
Mick Harper Replies: 5 Views: 190	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 3:26 am Subject: Medium Green
Mick Harper Replies: 5 Views: 190	This earned me a certain amount of notoriety and remained a steady seller throughout my Medium career ---------------- My To-Do List for Saving the World May 15, 2023 (in no particular order) ...
Topic: The Purpose of AE
Mick Harper Replies: 20 Views: 446	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 3:10 pm Subject: The Purpose of AE
Mick Harper Replies: 20 Views: 446	A second is a long time these days. But we knew all this. What we need to know is whether Forgeries has had any effect on the real world. Ask it for a critique of, say, de Hamel's book or the Book of ...
Topic: Noms de Fakerie
Mick Harper Replies: 16 Views: 443	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 12:58 pm Subject: Noms de Fakerie
Mick Harper Replies: 16 Views: 443	Weren't there experiments involving rolling balls down slopes?