Leon Brillouin on Science

Leon Brillouin

I so enjoyed reading this and I must pass this on to you folk.

 At this point we may raise a most important question: How  much confidence do scientific theories deserve? The answer must be  cautious enough: a good deal, but not too much! There are  limitations to all our theories; they are good up to a certain limit  and within certain boundaries. They do not represent " The  truth, nothing but the truth...." Every theory is based on  experiments that have been checked very carefully, but the result can only be stated " within possible errors " between fixed  limits according to the best knowledge of the experimenter. There  is always a possibility that a new, unpredictable cause of errors  might be playing a role in a new experiment, or that the theory  has been extrapolated too far from its domain. 

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---- Leon Brillouin - Relativity Reexamined (1970). Academic Press.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Brillouin

Talking People Off the Ledge - 2016 Revisited

 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe - DON'T PANIC was written on the cover - in large, friendly letters.

I spent election night, 2016, talking people out of their gloom and despair. GJ - "We already won."

"No Broward County  - we lost Florida."

GJ - "The plurality in BC is not enough to offset the GOP Panhandle. Some of the pinheads on TV already realize it."

"Are you sure?"

GJ - "I read all the time. The key counties are winning for the Demsheviks, but not by enough. Heavy turnout means heavy cheating in metro counties. It's not heavy, so it will not pan out for them in the swing states."

Midnight - "You were right!"

Predicting is just a function of knowing as much information as possible. So let us turn to the current crisis.

The news was packed with Wuhan Flu Virus! panic stories, seven days a week. Very tiresome. And now we learn - it was deliberately over-reported, exaggerated, falsified, etc.

Jackson's First Law of Journalism - "What leads is never the real news."

Now the massive threat of revolution has peaked and the Million Man March! has dissolved into nothing. The coverage, masks, and self-abasement are truly depressing, but that is just another case of Jackson's First Law of Journalism. Instant nation-wide response to an incident is proof of long-term planning, especially when it is opined to death with severe restrictions on communicating the truth of the charade. I found a cotton mask in the street gutter - it's over. They will soon sell for 10 cents, like the Hula Hoops in days of old.

An old Marxist said he would have fun with the police, walked up to them, fell over backwards, and set off fake blood dripping from under his mask. Journalists ran with it like the police actually hurt the old fake.

Jackson's Second Law of Journalism - Do your own research. The mainstream media are in bed with everyone.

When Prosecutor Durham was hired, Q began. Q is a group headed by President Trump and some military intelligence people, plus a few civilians, about 10 in all. That was 2017. They had a typical military style plan, which means planning backwards.

• The final goal was victory in 2020.
• Cryptic messages are posted here.
• Every step of the way was charted and put on the calendar.
• Each previous goal had to fit in with the ultimate victory.
• They would follow the principles of The Art of War. Those who have not studied that book are like deaf orchestra conductors, missing everything but waving their hands around a lot.
• Military tribunals started in earnest.
• This stage, faking a civil war, was predicted as very ugly and unsettling, but marking the very last step toward victory.

Deception is very important in all wars, and this is the ultimate war. "When you are strong, appear weak. When you are weak, appear strong." The Art of War.

Whenever people are squawking about Trump, I figure he is quietly working on something else. He began by saying child trafficking was the worst of all sins, but that never comes up in his speeches now (as far as I know). I expect a lot will be revealed soon and important arrests will happen.

I cannot do your research for you. No source is 100%, so I do not tire of searching and reading to keep up. Google shadow bans a lot of topics, so use Duckduckgo.com for honest searches. I have to use it to find my own posts, especially the ones that offend the false teachers.

 I just ordered two copies - one for Ranger Bob, one for PFC.

Saving Coffee Grounds and Their Didies

 Take It Easy

At the Ichabode, coffee is an event once or twice a day. Yesterday, Sassy was excited to hear Ranger Bob was coming over. I had to leave the front door open a bit to satisfy her anxiety. Bob wanted to discuss El Salvador coffee; his co-worker was surprised to hear coffee was grown in his homeland. Bob took the bag with some beans to prove it.

We discussed the HMS Hood and the cost of used books on the subject. He discovered late in life that his father was in the Navy, on a carrier. I grew up along the Mississippi River, and I enjoyed rowing upstream and exploring those anonymous channels that led to the frequently flooding river. Once I saw a Blue Heron fishing for food in the shallow, quiet water - and it majestically took flight as I splashed closer.

A book on the Hood, the pride of the English Navy, can be bought for $200, but also for a few dollars plus shipping. Bob was alarmed that I ordered a number of titles, but he was calmed by the extraordinary low prices. I failed to tell him that some went to Baby Andrea by mistake and would be arriving late.

How many people want to discuss the Hood versus Bismarck? Or was it the Eugen? That is the strength of the Net - getting people together to discuss obscure events. Bob filled me in on the quality of German gunnery versus the Brits.

I made hundreds of bismarks at the donut shop, the closest I got to serving in the navy.

I must go down to the shop again, to the bismarks and the rolls,
And all I ask is some bread dough, and some stainless steel bowls,
And spices kick and the radio on and the mixer shaking
And vanilla in the icing and the egg shells breaking. 

They introduced the original poem to us in high school, and Moby Dick as well. Was I programmed for naval history? I wonder.

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.  

Our steady use of coffee means I use the grounds in the little paper filters that fit on the device for pour-over coffee. Creation Gardeners know that coffee grounds are beneficial for the soil. The didies look unseemly on the backyard garden, after a winter of tossing them toward the Butterfly Bush and filling the collars around the Crepe Myrtles.

I had a perfect set up yesterday. A Poke Weed was coming up near the AC unit, with dozens of didies around its base. Cardboard was in abundance, and I had some shredded Cyprus mulch. I put cardboard around the highly prized weed - good for the soil, the favorite source of berries for many birds. And then I poured mulch on the cardboard. Now the weed is a distinguished plant and the didies are even more active in feeding the soil. Soil creatures like darkness, moisture, and the remains of trees. And coffee grounds.

I did the same for the new roses and gave them plenty of rainwater. Recent articles say gardening makes people happy. That explains why chigger bites, thorn scratches, and aching muscles move people to dig, cut, prune, and sow.

Parade Day Rose