The time is out of joint.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Harry Potter vs. Voldemort – so what?
It might be blasphemy, but I have trouble appreciating the Harry Potter stories. I might not even know what I'm talking about, because I only managed to read something like a hundred pages of the first book – the rest is just what I've seen in the movies. That's fine with me.
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Harry Potter vs. Voldemort – so what?
Friday, December 23, 2011
What's With the Beard?
Soon, Santa Claus will sneak down the chimney with presents to all good children, with a jolly “Ho, ho, ho!” That's all fine. But what's with that big white beard?
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What's With the Beard?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Believers Don't Believe
”I'm a believer,” The Monkees sang in 1966. They meant a believer in love, but mostly the term is used for and by religious people, sticking to convictions that common sense dismisses. But the term is a paradox. The use of it reveals a lack of belief.
The essay has been moved to my personal website:
Believers Don't Believe
Monday, December 19, 2011
No Hit Song Without Words
A British research team presents a formula they claim predicts what songs will be hits. They use a bunch of parameters, but ignore one of the top components of a song: the lyrics.
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No Hit Song Without Words
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Burlesque Breakfast of Champions
Finally, I got to see the 1999 movie Breakfast of Champions, based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel. I had avoided doing so earlier, afraid of being disappointed. Well, I was. They turned the wonderfully absurd novel into a tiresome burlesque.
The essay has been moved to my personal website:
Burlesque Breakfast of Champions
Friday, December 16, 2011
Big Bang and God Are the Same
Creationists sneer at the Big Bang theory. Astrophysicists exclude God from their equation. But it's all the same, meeting the same paradox. They differ only in names. None answers the question.
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Big Bang and God Are the Same
Friday, December 9, 2011
Economy Is Not a Science
On Saturday, December 10, this year's Nobel Prize laureates will receive their prizes from the Swedish king. Among those are two winners of the Economy Prize, which is not a real Nobel Prize – fittingly, since it's not a real science.
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Economy Is Not a Science
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