C.S. Lewis is where I first ran into the idea of Chronological Snobbery. The idea that we of the current age are smarter than all who went before us and can look down our noses at the past. Lewis reminded me/us that each age has its blind points, places where it makes mistakes. Reading books … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Ages
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The Fallacy of straight line projection
"In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Lower Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. That is an average of a trifle over one mile and a third per year. "Therefore, any calm person, who is not blind or idiotic, can see that in the old Oolitic Silurian Period, must … Continue reading The Fallacy of straight line projection
At The Rainbow 