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Iain King
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Author, former Director of NATO Mission Iraq, diplomat and academic. Fascinated by philosophy and thrillers. CBE, likes tea.
What a great website - well done for persevering with this.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Agreed, but on that example, ‘There will be different reactions to this’ is passive. Perhaps the best is, ‘Some people will have different reactions to this’ (still not quite right)
January 7, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Jupiter should be on the ascendant
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Kiss, skim, touch and stroke: light contact.
Enamel, crown, pulp and root: tooth parts.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
So many comments in this chain are looking at this backwards. Instead of saying ‘We can’t imagine a causal link between planets and people, therefore astrology is false;’ the question should be, ‘Is there a correlation reliable enough to generate statistically significant predictions?’
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The answer to any newspaper headline which ends in a question mark is always ‘no’.
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sky News conclude that X ‘amplifies extremist content’
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I’ve just posted that myself (then saw you had already). Sorry.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM