Colin Wilson 1931-2013

Colin Wilson is dead. Here's what I wrote about him years ago:

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And a Horrible Example:

Pythagoras discovered the so-called irrational numbers. The ratio of the diameter of a clrcle to its circumference is 3 1/7. But if you try to turn this into decimals, it is impossible; the decimal for one-seventh begins .142857, and then repeats ltself an infinite number of times. So Pythagoras' belief that the universe is built out of neat whole numbers was exploded.

From Starseekers, his history of science

Block that metaphor

Sarah Palin says the atheists are "trying to abort Christ from Christmas." With the synergy of ignorance and stupidity that has made her what she is today, she attributed that view to Thomas Jefferson, who in boring old real life rewrote the Bible to eliminate the idea that Jesus was divine.

Thanx to Raw Story