Category: A Day in the Life
This subject covers things (often events) related to every-day life. They are not necessarily profound, but simply things that just happen.
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Argumentum ad populum
The September update of the OED includes more than 600 new entries, among them is “Argumentum ad populum.” Argumentum ad populum, also known as an appeal to popularity, is a logical fallacy where one asserts that a proposition must be true or valid simply because many or most people believe it to be so. The…
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Sequoia
I have just recently installed the latest Operating Systems on my desktop and iPhone. Among the features is a new application, called Passwords. One of the things it does is list out all the wifi networks you have ever connected with, and not previously “forgotten”. My list turns out was 620 networks; a complete history…
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From Down Under
My quip is that the recent August 17th rainstorm was the second 100-year storm in the last month, and that one in mid-July was the third since 2013. The answer to what is a 100-year storm: It’s hard to precisely define other than to say it’s so large there is a 1 per cent chance…
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Dux Vitæ Ratio
My my, what has happened. New life, even vigour, has been injected into the moribund US Election campaign. It really is startling, largely, in my view, that it actually happened; that a leader recognized the risk of failure and chose country over self. It is encouraging.
