Philosophy
- All-star Teams And The Fallacy Of Composition
After the baseball all-star game, I started thinking about critical thinking. I use all-star teams as an example of the fallacy of composition which is the flawed argument that what is true of the parts must also be true of the whole. It is true that...
- The Power Of Radio
Today happens to be the birthdays of both Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern. Probably a good time to think about radio. The Republican Revolution of the 90s could not have happened without the power of radio. But now, Obama takes the Presdient's weekly...
- Hunter's Moon Will Diminish Most Of The Orionid Meteor Shower
"Hunter’s Moon to wash out 2013 Orionid meteor shower" Earth & Sky The October full moon – the Northern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon – is (or was if you’re reading this later) on the night of October 18-19, 2013. In a bit of misfortune...
- John Goodricke...disability--not A Problem
John Goodricke September 17th 1764 to April 20th, 1786 John Goodricke was deaf and an astronomer. It simply illustrates that many disabilities are not a liability. Bill Ashworth wrote in the Linda Hall Library Newsletter... John Goodricke, an English...
- March...astronomical Lion And Lamb
"March is the month of expectation, The things we do not know, The Persons of Prognostication Are coming now. We try to sham becoming firmness, But pompous joy Betrays us, as his first betrothal Betrays a boy." Emily Dickinson It is correct to say that...
Philosophy
Blame it on the star Sirius--the Dog Days of Summer
Wikipedia...
"The Romans referred to the dog days as die-s canicula-re-s and associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Sirius is also the brightest star in the night sky. The term "Dog Days" was used earlier by the Greeks....
The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to precession of the equinoxes. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.
Dog Days were popularly believed to be an evil time "the Sea boiled, the Wine turned sour, Dogs grew mad, and all other creatures became languid; causing to man, among other diseases, burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies." according to Brady’s Clavis Calendaria, 1813."
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"The Romans referred to the dog days as die-s canicula-re-s and associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Sirius is also the brightest star in the night sky. The term "Dog Days" was used earlier by the Greeks....
The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to precession of the equinoxes. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.
Dog Days were popularly believed to be an evil time "the Sea boiled, the Wine turned sour, Dogs grew mad, and all other creatures became languid; causing to man, among other diseases, burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies." according to Brady’s Clavis Calendaria, 1813."
Read more.
- All-star Teams And The Fallacy Of Composition
After the baseball all-star game, I started thinking about critical thinking. I use all-star teams as an example of the fallacy of composition which is the flawed argument that what is true of the parts must also be true of the whole. It is true that...
- The Power Of Radio
Today happens to be the birthdays of both Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern. Probably a good time to think about radio. The Republican Revolution of the 90s could not have happened without the power of radio. But now, Obama takes the Presdient's weekly...
- Hunter's Moon Will Diminish Most Of The Orionid Meteor Shower
"Hunter’s Moon to wash out 2013 Orionid meteor shower" Earth & Sky The October full moon – the Northern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon – is (or was if you’re reading this later) on the night of October 18-19, 2013. In a bit of misfortune...
- John Goodricke...disability--not A Problem
John Goodricke September 17th 1764 to April 20th, 1786 John Goodricke was deaf and an astronomer. It simply illustrates that many disabilities are not a liability. Bill Ashworth wrote in the Linda Hall Library Newsletter... John Goodricke, an English...
- March...astronomical Lion And Lamb
"March is the month of expectation, The things we do not know, The Persons of Prognostication Are coming now. We try to sham becoming firmness, But pompous joy Betrays us, as his first betrothal Betrays a boy." Emily Dickinson It is correct to say that...