When Solon, one of the seven sages of the ancient Greece, visited Egypt to obtain some knowledge from this fabulous civilization, the high priest laughed as he said to him that Greeks were like children - they were looking, but could not see; they would hear, but could not understand. I once met a man … Continue reading Chasing the Wind
There might be few saints walking this Earth who have never lied, but I have not met any. Yet. And I am not saying that I have not met any holy men - we a have a bunch of them in our government.. We all have told a lie or two either where we deemed … Continue reading On a White Lie
To travel in time, you need to use your anchors. That is all.
If you have ever wondered why there are so often two expressions for the same thing in English, the answer is 1066.
Our current understanding of years count and thus history is one of the things which we accept as the matter-of-fact and do not question it. But aren't we missing out on something important here?
When you cannot walk around without looking at your mobile phone, you know you are young!
Over the last 100 years, the mankind has grown accustomed to the fact that the climate as we know it is a natural state of things. It is not. Actually, the climatic conditions of the past century are, in terms of geological history, quite an anomaly. In the known history of mankind, there has never … Continue reading 1816 – The Year Without The Summer
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