Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Importance of Physical Labour

Posted on March 31, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

During a period of intellectual exhaution, I have found that one of the best things that I can do to recover my faculties is to engage in a brief interval of hard physical labour. The reasoning behind this is simple: … Continue reading →

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Hey, You Kids! Get Off My Lawn!

Posted on March 26, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

If there’s one thing I absolutely can’t stand, it is the seemingly in-built perogative of my fellow Human beings, once they exceed a certain age, to start whining at length about how new technologies have caused the younger generations to … Continue reading →

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Do the Dew

Posted on March 24, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

When I was about twelve or thirteen years old, I recall hearing a rumour circulating around my school that the soft drink Mountain Dew reduced the volume of the testicles of males who consumed it. More sensational versions of this … Continue reading →

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My Thesis Project: A Jargon-Free Explanation

Posted on March 22, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

In order to conclude the Jargon Trilogy (and also because I think it will be good for my personal understanding), I would like to try to explain the substance of my thesis project under the assumption that my reader has … Continue reading →

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The Downside to the Having Your Jargon Taken Seriously

Posted on March 22, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

…Of course, there is a downside to the percieved authority of science. Namely, even though people recognize its authority, they don’t bother to try to understand it. As a result, a great many people apparently find it impossible to distinguish … Continue reading →

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Of Jargon and the Two Cultures

Posted on March 22, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Furthering my earlier points about the rivalry between the Sciences and the Humanities, I’ve noticed an apparent inequality between the way that the two are percieved by society at large. Namely, there appears to be a widespread belief amongst the … Continue reading →

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Stupidity in the Name of Rationalism

Posted on March 18, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

By now, those of you who have been reading my blog for a while have probably figured-out that I consider myself to be a rationalist. I assume that nearly everybody, if pressed, would consider themselves to be a ‘rational person’ … Continue reading →

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The Gods Below

Posted on March 18, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

[In my very first post on this blog, I mentioned that it was my intention to share some of my fictional writings with you. Since then, you have probably noticed that I have shared very little, for the very simple … Continue reading →

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I Guess That’s It

Posted on March 17, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

This looks like it’s pretty much the final nail in the coffin of those superluminal neutrinos I loved so well. Alas. Oh well: guess we’re stuck with ten dimensions in string theory, and also no interstellar starships for the forseeable … Continue reading →

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More Gendering Issues

Posted on March 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I’m starting to wish that I could change my gender around entirely depending upon my mood. For the first few weeks after coming out, I was overcome by a sort of “gender euphoria;” at last, I had thought, I would … Continue reading →

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