Thatcher wasn't amiable Sir Nominal. More of a not very good looking tart at a poorly attended stag party. There are few places to actually speak freely. For historic reasons I used to have a drink with the UKIP people and their conversation was much less constrained than in my local Labour club, with much more sensible discussion on racism and immigration - not nearly as snotty as the PC version that was being enforced. Odd. About one in three UKIP members then seemed to be ex-Spitfire pilots. Hard to think of anyone who stood up to the Hun like that as a bigot.
I've been thinking of an epistemology based on working one's way out of a trance. It's pretty clear most of what we get told is rot - even the science I was taught at school turned out to be simplistic and half-baked. And there's lots of history like those nasty Germans being responsible for world wars we ;heroes' had to fix. Is that as true as Julius Caesar invading Britain in 53BC (a lie to puff JC) or 1066 being the last invasion of England by foreign troops (so explain the battle of Lincoln in 1217 against the French), or the rousing speech of Good Queen Bess promising to fight with the heart and soul of a man several days after the fighting was over and leaving the poor sods who'd seen off the Spaniards to starve without pay? I'm a bit iffy about working up from the Planck level on such. On Wednesday, 7 May 2014 20:36:13 UTC+1, nominal9 wrote: > > Hi all, > > Epistemology is important, it is not just theoretical discussion, it is > reflected in things we think and do, and its implications reverberate in > daily life. > > Some people may like certain political or religious dogmas, or they may > set certain principles and present them as truth. Whatever drives them, > they don't want certain things to be discussed. > > Sadly, only a few people appear willing to discuss things here. I am not > sure why this is the case. It may be a technology issue. Google has taken > little effort to improve the functionality and features of groups over the > past few years. The same thing appears to occur at other places, such as > Yahoo. Yet, social media such as Facebook and Twitter are thriving and have > seen enormous growth. Google has responded with Google+, but I have not yet > seen much integration with groups. > > What do others think? > > Cheers, > Sam Carana > > Cheers Sam Carana, > > ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND TO THIS GROUP.... This is better than "social > media", I think.... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
