segunda-feira, dezembro 22, 2014
Palinode
Oscar Wilde wrote this famous palinode
in an introduction to an essay: "Not that I agree with everything that I
have said in this essay. There is much with which I entirely disagree."
quarta-feira, dezembro 17, 2014
Roubado
Pensas que nunca te vai acontecer, que não te pode acontecer, que és a única pessoa no mundo a quem essas coisas nunca irão acontecer, e depois, uma a uma, todas elas começam a acontecer-te, como acontecem a toda a gente.
Paul Auster, Diário de Inverno
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Paul Auster, Diário de Inverno
sexta-feira, dezembro 05, 2014
An interesting letter
I
particularly enjoyed reading that "it should also be borne in mind that no
scientist has ever disproved the reincarnation theory".
It indirectly
pays homage to science by feeling the need to justify itself against its judgement;
but then immediately proceeds to attempt to pervert the scientific method by reversing
the burden of proof (and such extraordinary claim would require quite
compelling evidence) and by failing to allow for the falsifiability or
refutability of the statement (a condition to be able to prove it to be false).
