Intro LO: Bij het inzoomen op de kaart in het artikel blijkt dat deze kaart niet eens volledig is want de Herenweg in Noord-Holland (o.a. in Bergen, Castricum, Heemstede, Heiloo, en Schoorl) ontbreekt. In mijn jeugd kreeg ik ooit (van mijn ouders??) te horen dat de Herenweg afstamt van de beroemde Romeinse heirbaan. Volgens Haarlem105 is de Herenweg zelfs nog ouder...
Intro LO: I'm surprised that I did not consider this simple explanation before. Moreover, it feels like Occam's razor: "In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the...
Recently, Belgian politicians had an interesting discussion: which party in the Gaza Strip is the worst of two evils? The Flemish president didn't know who is the worst evil. HLN: “niet te weten wie de ‘grootste smeerlap’ in het conflict is". I agree because the lesser of two evils principle does not apply. The entire Gaza Strip "conflict" feels like a reminder of...
A recent (Dutch) Volkskrant article claims that the Denisovan people were giants. Some even claim 18 foot; others 6-7 foot. Giants are also mentioned elsewhere: "The Nephilim are mysterious beings or humans in the Bible traditionally understood as being of great size and strength [..]" (Wiki). Giants are often viewed as part of history, legends...
Intro LO: Perhaps, the most important - though (very) implicit - conclusion is that all animal sounds are a form of communication. Our concept of (human) language is (“just”) a “single protein variant”. Moreover, this article strongly suggests that the Neanderthal must have had language skills, similar to ours. That would also support the ancient mating between Homo...
Intro LO: After digesting this recent Scientific American article, the conclusion is simple: it’s (nearly) impossible that life on planet Earth is a singular event within the Universe. There must be other life-forms throughout the Universe. Hence, science-fiction is (much) more like science - and technology - than like fiction. The (alleged) sightings of...
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