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![]() ![]() ![]() His writing is not technical but manages to respect the necessary nuances of exploring the landscape of philosophy. Blackburn is extremely cautious (and successful) at straddling the line between writing that is intimidating, burdensome, or vexing to the novice and writing that is tantalizing and invites curiosity. Blackburn dares to stir, complicate, and entangle philosophical ideas in an introduction to philosophy-but not carelessly. (269)įound at the end of one of the later chapters, Blackburn’s style of teaching can be summed up in the above. We may indeed hope that it survives in the seas of thought I have tried to stir up this chapter. It didn’t take long for me to discover Think, one of the few books r/philosophy recommends as a general introduction. ![]() The hope was for something broad yet with an appreciation for nuance. At the time, I was a Senior in high school not having read an once of philosophy. I first encountered a mention of Simon Blackburn’s 1999 Think: A compelling introduction to philosophy when I was looking for a good introductory book to philosophy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Undoing Project is about the fascinating collaboration between two men who have the dimensions of great literary figures. ![]() Kahneman and Tversky are more responsible than anybody for the powerful trend to mistrust human intuition and defer to algorithms. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis's own work possible. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments about uncertain situations. ![]() Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Summary: Bestselling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, needing a paying job, he stuck around a rich nob's property hoping to become a jack of all trades. After an injury put an end to his cavalry career, he's knocked about England searching for purpose. Too bad anxiety continues to bedevil her and makes tranquility-and indifference-impossible.ĭistracted by forbidden desire… Captain Christopher Mowbray is down on his luck. ![]() ![]() The last thing she wants is an attraction to the intriguing former soldier asking for work. Searching for answers… Widowed Lady Elizabeth Dunston, daughter of the Earl of Hallewell, has lived a quiet life for years at her father's country estate, for it was her beloved husband's last request that she find peace. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ROTF': rolling on the floorROTFL': rolling on the floor laughing AFK': away from keyboardb4': before CU l8tr': see you laterMORF': male or female? TTFN': ta-ta for nowTTYL': talk to you laterĭo not use text slang of emoticons in your email. comp.terminals (Flat screen LCD “Monitors”), 26 Feb. If you do ask for free goodies with the deal and you shall receive: Free communications software, Free serial cable, free carrying case. Some, such as OMG, date back to the early 20th century, while others, such as RIP have been in use for hundreds of years. Although such shortenings are often decried as indicative of intellectual decline in the modern age we have been employing these forms of shorthand for a very long time. Popularized in Internet chat forums, ttyl is one of a host of abbreviations that sprang into widespread use in the 1980s and 1990s. ![]() The initialism ttyl stands for "talk to you later." Where did ttyl come from? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I found this map on Pinterest and I found it interesting and useful if you’re visual as I am.Ī Darker Shade of Magic map of the four Londons (From Book Series Recaps Pinterest board) There is White London which still has a little magic, and there is Red London, the London most lush with magic and where most of the action occurs and where the main protagonist Kell Maresh lives. There is Black London which is devoid of all magic and is essentially a dark and scary place where no one goes. It is “our” London, described in the book as Grey London, and three other Londons. This series is set in London, only it’s not just ordinary real-world London. I’d like to give you my opinion of this series and what makes it so incredible to me. I felt strong attachments to the characters, engaged in the plot, and rooting for the heroes (as well as the “villains”, but I’ll dive more into that later in this post). probably reading the Harry Potter series. This trilogy has given me feelings which I haven’t felt since…. I had read the first book in the series a while back but since I forget easily, I reread the first book and then continued with the rest of the series. The Darker Shade of Magic Trilogy has been innocently sitting on my Kindle for what seems like ages until I decided to pick it up again in December and I’m very glad that I did. ![]() ![]() The answer seems to be that the M 7.1 rupture cast a ‘stress shadow’ over the cross fault, inhibiting failure by several bars, and so shutting aftershocks off. (The calculation is for ‘optimally-oriented’ strike-slip faults with friction of 0.4 at 10 km depth.) Maps of seismicity and calculated Coulomb stress change for the Ridgecrest sequence. But when the M 7.1 struck 34 hours later, seismicity along the cross fault abruptly stopped (middle panel below). Two perpendicular faults ruptured in the M 6.4 earthquake on July 4 (left panel below), both lighting up in aftershocks. ![]() ![]() It also produced a far-flung aftershock sequence that touched the San Andreas, but refused to cross the Garlock Fault.Ĭitation: Shinji Toda, and Ross Stein (2019), Ridgecrest earthquake shut down cross-fault aftershocks, Temblor, Ī remarkable illustration of how stress controls seismicity was handed to us by the Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. The Magnitude 7.1 earthquake abruptly halted aftershocks on the M 6.4 cross fault. ![]() By Shinji Toda, Ph.D., IRIDeS, Tohoku University, and Ross Stein, Ph.D., Temblor, Inc. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was really disappointed by the sudden, unexpected Christian Allegory moment. He needed other people to explain to him what he was supposed to do about it. Even Paul's road-to-Damascus calling was more challenge than instruction. I would have liked to see more of the strangeness, fear, and bewilderment found in the theophanies you read about in the Bible. There's a tendency in Christian fiction to write theophanies as if they're altar calls. Theophanies are hard to write, and the way Dawn of Wonder does it follows the conventions used in Christian speculative fiction a little too faithfully. As one of the editors of Mysterion, I've seen a lot of stories where God makes an appearance. It is an important part of the book, and unfortunately not as original as I would have liked. This is a turning point for Aedan, and the place where he starts to overcome his greatest faults. Near the end of the book, Aedan experiences what can only be described as a theophany, a meeting with the Ancient. ![]() There is, however, an old faith, a belief in a supreme deity called the Ancient that only a few still seem to follow-among them Kalry, though we only see this in her diary. There is no church, no doctrine of the resurrection, and most people practice a religion that is decidedly not Christianity. ![]() You may be wondering where the Christian content is. ![]() ![]() ![]() A documentary chronicling the endeavour is set to be made by Atlantic Productions.Ī new view of the Titanic! New scans reveal the world's most famous wreck as never seen before. ![]() The unprecedented new view of the Titanic was created by deep-sea specialist company Magellan Ltd. Yet, despite these efforts, many questions and uncertainties persist surrounding the sinking of the titanic on the night of April 14, 1912, which claimed the lives of over 1,500 passengers and crew. Public interest and curiosity has fueled numerous voyages to the liner’s resting place since its discovery by Robert Dune Ballard on September 1, 1985. The Titanic is one of the most infamous and tragic shipwrecks ever to have taken place over the course of human maritime history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Principal photography on Fifty Shades Darker and its sequel Fifty Shades Freed (2018) began on February 9, 2016, in Paris and Vancouver, and concluded on April 11, 2016.įifty Shades Darker was released in the United States on February 10, 2017. By November 2015, Foley was hired to direct both sequels, which would be shot back-to-back in 2016. After the first film premiered in February 2015, development on the sequels promptly began. ![]() The second installment in the Fifty Shades film series and the sequel to the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey, it stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively, with Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Bella Heathcote, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Victor Rasuk, Kim Basinger, and Marcia Gay Harden in supporting roles.īefore the release of Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015, there was high anticipation from fans for the sequel. ![]() Fifty Shades Darker is a 2017 American erotic romantic drama film directed by James Foley and written by Niall Leonard, based on E. ![]() |