I actually read this book many years ago -- in the early 1980s, to be precise. While grinning at your mockery of some of its content, I'd say that -- at least according to my recollection -- there's quite a lot of useful stuff in it. I also rather relished Ackermann's willingness to perform simple experiments to test popular misconceptions.
Francois, I am not sure what free will is, so for all I know it may exist. It is like something you see out of the corner of your eye, but as soon as you look at it, it vanishes. On this point I suppose I am Schroedinger's knave. As for the smell of bread, I suspect sniffing glue may be a better cure for too much mustard. Time marches on, and new remedies replace the old.
Wise words indeed. It is true that there is no such thing as free will and that anyone who believes this is a knave. But I do rather enjoy the smell of bread and reckon that it could resolve quite a number of ills. Anyone who believes this is not necessarily a knave: at worst, a pillock.
Francois, I am not sure what free will is, so for all I know it may exist. It is like something you see out of the corner of your eye, but as soon as you look at it, it vanishes. On this point I suppose I am Schroedinger's knave. As for the smell of bread, I suspect sniffing glue may be a better cure for too much mustard. Time marches on, and new remedies replace the old.
Mythbusters: Laundry Edition
Mythbusters: Laundry Edition
(they blow up the washing machine at the end)
Hi John, 'useful' might be a
Hi John, 'useful' might be a bit of a stretch but it's certainly interesting and yes, fair play to Ackermann when he does his ur-Mythbusters bit.
Mythbusters: Laundry Edition
Mythbusters: Laundry Edition
(they blow up the washing machine at the end)
I actually read this book
I actually read this book many years ago -- in the early 1980s, to be precise. While grinning at your mockery of some of its content, I'd say that -- at least according to my recollection -- there's quite a lot of useful stuff in it. I also rather relished Ackermann's willingness to perform simple experiments to test popular misconceptions.
Hi John, 'useful' might be a
Hi John, 'useful' might be a bit of a stretch but it's certainly interesting and yes, fair play to Ackermann when he does his ur-Mythbusters bit.
Mythbusters: Laundry Edition
Mythbusters: Laundry Edition
(they blow up the washing machine at the end)
Francois, I am not sure what
Francois, I am not sure what free will is, so for all I know it may exist. It is like something you see out of the corner of your eye, but as soon as you look at it, it vanishes. On this point I suppose I am Schroedinger's knave. As for the smell of bread, I suspect sniffing glue may be a better cure for too much mustard. Time marches on, and new remedies replace the old.
Wise words indeed. It is true
Wise words indeed. It is true that there is no such thing as free will and that anyone who believes this is a knave. But I do rather enjoy the smell of bread and reckon that it could resolve quite a number of ills. Anyone who believes this is not necessarily a knave: at worst, a pillock.
Francois, I am not sure what
Francois, I am not sure what free will is, so for all I know it may exist. It is like something you see out of the corner of your eye, but as soon as you look at it, it vanishes. On this point I suppose I am Schroedinger's knave. As for the smell of bread, I suspect sniffing glue may be a better cure for too much mustard. Time marches on, and new remedies replace the old.