People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use.
Søren Kierkegaard
Month: May 2007
Song of the day/ Movie scene of the week 20th to 26th of May ’07: “The Trial”, from “Pink Floyd The Wall”
This is a classic, hence I can (I will!) keep it short, without any intros, but just giving the necessary links. The song I propose for today (nothing is a coincidence :-)), “The Trial”, is one of my favourites from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall“, which is one of my favourite albums from Pink Floyd (wikientry), which at its turn is really in the top of my favourite music bands of all times, as I already confessed.
→ Read more The importance of cooperation in the production of knowledge… or of anything valuable, for that matter
Here’s a link to an older post I wrote on the importance of team building (particularized for Romania) and I paraphrased Graham Bell in the end of it, just as I had done here (in Romanian).
→ Read more Doi patetici pe Hotnews. Aceiasi doi.
Cei doi de pe blogurile Hotnews (doar doi…) pe care ii laudasem cu alte ocazii (a., respectiv b)… Se pare intr-adevar ca au fost doar straluciri de moment… ceea ce nu e- stati linistiti- nimic neobisnuit pe la miorite, gregare ad infinitum, in orice, oriunde, oricum.
→ Read more Pseudo-science at its best: “International Journal for Creation Research”
Check it up for yourselves. One of the most entertaining parts is the remark from their “Technical Review Process, Overview and Procedures”.
“Remark:
The Editor-in-Chief should not be afraid to reject a Paper if it does not properly satisfy the above criteria nor is in the best interests of ICR as judged by its Biblical stand and goals as outlined in its Tenets.
→ Read more The Editor-in-Chief should not be afraid to reject a Paper if it does not properly satisfy the above criteria nor is in the best interests of ICR as judged by its Biblical stand and goals as outlined in its Tenets.