Irony of the Week
- These nutcase yahoos are using their First Amendment rights to support an attempted overthrow of the government — the day after Constitution Day
Nonbookish Linkage
- The mind does not exist
- The myth of “forced vaccination”
- Did Bach encode information in his compositions?
- Researchers create an entire virtual universe
Bookish Linkage
- Miniature books — the 19th century smartphone
- For the second year in a row, the Festival of Books will be entirely online
- The National Book Award longlists are announced — and I’ve read none of them, although several are on my tablet
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge.
Daniel Boorstin, The Washington Post (Jan. 24, 1989)
