One of the big flaws in human thinking has been the tendency to view things from the wrong way round. We see things as they are now and then work backwards from this point. We look at the world around us and see the entire breadth and depth of history as a chain of events … Continue reading On Life
Category: Thinking and Pondering: Science, History, Analysis and Over-Think
Set in Stone…Like Talc or Something
One of the more interesting and appalling aspects of history is its malleability. I constantly have to relearn what I thought I knew about history. For example, it's common knowledge that Egyptians used slave labor to build their pyramids, who were a bunch of sad bastards who were worked to death against their will. Except … Continue reading Set in Stone…Like Talc or Something