It was Wittgenstein’s birthday.

A few days ago it was  Ludwig Wittgenstein’s birthday. I can’t say that taking them as a job lot I go very much for the great philosophers.  Some of them were truly great men of course.  But some of...

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Labour had no hope until…

Labour had no hope until the Tories started to hand them the election on a plate.  First Cameron made it look as if he were too scared to debate.  Then he gave the impression he'd lost the appetite for...

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Quelled, quelled all quelled

they are chopping down the trees by our river:My aspens dear whose airy cages quelled,Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun,All felled, felled, are all felled;Of a fresh and following folded rankNot spared not oneThat dandled a sandalled Shadow...

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Any good will be misused for evil purposes.

Anything that has got potency will fall into the hands of evil or stupid people who will misuse it for their own purposes.  I don't stop believing in science because the Nazis were Social Darwinists or because scientists developed...

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The Bible and science need each other

(from my forthcoming book Beyond the God Delusion)There is no quarrel between the Bible and science, on the contrary we need the Bible in order to appreciate science.   Science has made its marvellous discoveries through the objectivity of its...

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