Mark Walker
@amarkwalker.bsky.social
Retired medical microbiologist. Previous interest in biological evolution now largely superseded by interest in the global interplay of language, intelligence and ideas.
Priceless look on the child’s face: “er, grandpa, is this really necessary?”
December 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Priceless look on the child’s face: “er, grandpa, is this really necessary?”
A good question. If you hold your hand 2-3 inches in front of your mouth and blow on it with a wide open mouth, it feels warm; blow with the same force through a small ‘O’ in your lips, and it feels cold. Was Signor Venturi around in that time?
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A good question. If you hold your hand 2-3 inches in front of your mouth and blow on it with a wide open mouth, it feels warm; blow with the same force through a small ‘O’ in your lips, and it feels cold. Was Signor Venturi around in that time?
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I find, as a writer and film maker, that "the grunt work, the boring shit" is often where the creative leaps and surprises occur, and I think most creative people will say the same.
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I find, as a writer and film maker, that "the grunt work, the boring shit" is often where the creative leaps and surprises occur, and I think most creative people will say the same.
I suspect it would be difficult to disprove ascertainment bias.
But maybe your mum was just testing your credulity.
But maybe your mum was just testing your credulity.
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I suspect it would be difficult to disprove ascertainment bias.
But maybe your mum was just testing your credulity.
But maybe your mum was just testing your credulity.
Chasing this to a French language website, I am offered the interpretation that there are aspects of human experience that cannot be expressed in words. I buy that, but if that’s what Ludwig meant, why didn’t he say so in plain German. lapausephilo.fr/2023/07/13/c...
« Ce dont on ne peut parler il faut le taire » - Wittgenstein - La Pause Philo
Quoi ? Ce que Wittgenstein essaie de nous dire avec cette citation, c’est qu’il est des choses dont on ne peut rendre compte fidèlement avec les mots. Il parle ici des limites du langage et de son inc...
lapausephilo.fr
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Chasing this to a French language website, I am offered the interpretation that there are aspects of human experience that cannot be expressed in words. I buy that, but if that’s what Ludwig meant, why didn’t he say so in plain German. lapausephilo.fr/2023/07/13/c...
Hmmm, not sure who first translated the great man thus and I don’t speak German but I am not sure this is any clearer. So my cap will have the AI generated response:
Nein, ich weiß auch nicht, was es bedeutet.
Nein, ich weiß auch nicht, was es bedeutet.
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hmmm, not sure who first translated the great man thus and I don’t speak German but I am not sure this is any clearer. So my cap will have the AI generated response:
Nein, ich weiß auch nicht, was es bedeutet.
Nein, ich weiß auch nicht, was es bedeutet.
Je suis désolé, je me suis trompé parce que DuckDuckGo m’a égaré.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Je suis désolé, je me suis trompé parce que DuckDuckGo m’a égaré.