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 Topic: Francis Fukuyama |
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| sgilbert Replies: 15 Views: 2653 |
 Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:37 pm Subject: Francis Fukuyama |
| Okay, coming clean. I haven't finished yet.
But holy moly. This dude is smart. He uses historical sources clearly and concisely to make his point... and even though I don't agree with his thesis th ... |
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| Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
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| sgilbert Replies: 15 Views: 2614 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:56 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
| Bohr: "Bohr was happy to force this confrontation between the old physics and the new. He felt it would be fruitful for physics. Because original work is inherently rebellious, his paper was not ... | |
| Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner |
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| sgilbert Replies: 12 Views: 1494 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:44 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner |
| Shoot. The more I think about it the more I think I posted rashly.
There are certainly positive hybrids and amalgamations of science and history. I was just having difficulty thinking of them for ... |
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| Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner |
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| sgilbert Replies: 12 Views: 1494 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:35 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner |
| Oh, jeez. This one's a hard one.
I mean, yes. The two definitely further one another. I think the question is: Do they do it well? Do science and history change each other in positive ways? I d ... |
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| Topic: Galileo |
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| sgilbert Replies: 20 Views: 2976 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:17 pm Subject: Galileo |
| Grace. Thanks for that. I think you saying it's science and me saying it's history helped to drive home an idea that arose during the loop writing. I think I might have a lot of difficulty distinguish ... | |
| Topic: Galileo |
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| sgilbert Replies: 20 Views: 2976 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:43 pm Subject: Galileo |
| I loved this piece. Galileo is very eloquent, very intelligent, and very ANGRY. This guy feels wronged by Sarsi, someone for whom it is obvious he feels at least a little contempt. I enjoy the fact th ... | |
| Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides Reading Responses |
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| sgilbert Replies: 26 Views: 4697 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:51 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides Reading Responses |
| Let me throw this out there, before I go back and read all of the classes posts.
As to whether or not Herodotus is the father of history? No. Was he the father of historians? Absolutely. I mean, he ... |
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