Cogito ergo Dumb
Cogito ergo Dumb
Carlo M. Cipolla (1922-2000) taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Scuola Normale in Pisa. His books have been translated into numerous languages.
from: Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, il Mulino 2015
The evolutionary origin of the stomach is linked to the emergence of jawed vertebrates about 450 million years ago, with its development representing a key adaptation for the expansion of protein sources in the diet. However, the evolutionary history of the stomach also includes cases of loss or reduction of this organ in certain evolutionary lines, highlighting the complex interaction between genetic, environmental and dietary factors in shaping the evolution of the digestive system: Source
Measured at a scale of 1 cm/100 km, England's coastline has a length of approximately 2,800 KM. Zooming in, measured at 1 cm/50 KM, the coastline has a length of approximately 3,500 KM, and at 1 cm/1 KM over 8,000 KM. Following this thinking, zooming in infinitely, the coastline would have an infinite length. The Coastline Paradox↩︎
In April 2020, at a White House coronavirus briefing, Trump mused about whether light could be used as a potential treatment. Specifically, he said: 'Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous - whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light. And I think you said that hasn't been checked, but we're going to test it?' He also asked Dr. Birx 'if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure, you know, if you could.' (The New York Times) ↩︎
and his little apprentice Donald Trump, who has the dream, the goal of transforming the United States into an autocratic regime ↩︎
understood as people who are content with non-thinking and boast about it ↩︎
personally, I include religions as well, but this will be a topic for new discussions ↩︎
Image: This image of the Phoenix cluster combines data from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, and NRAO's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope and shows how the supermassive black hole at the center promotes large amounts of star formation, instead of hinders it.
New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope trace the cooling gas along those cavities, which enables the Phoenix cluster to form stars at such a high rate.
