Narrowing it down
Proving that something doesn’t exist is hard, though it can be done. More often, scientists work out more and more restrictions on the characteristics something can have, until the idea has no place left to hide.
Proving that something doesn’t exist is hard, though it can be done. More often, scientists work out more and more restrictions on the characteristics something can have, until the idea has no place left to hide.
A common feature of paradoxers is a confusion between a simple argument and a correct one.
The most momentous event of the twentieth century, as seen from the standpoint of human history, seems to have gone mostly unnoticed.
Our tutoring consultant has an encouraging experience with his own memory.
Digital cameras, like calculators, have an immense menu of features. It’s certainly rare, and possibly unknown, for anyone to use them all. Why have them, then?
Weather forecasts are much more reliable than they used to be, mostly thanks to more powerful computers. Input from people is still important, though.
It was much more difficult to stay in touch 300 years ago. A literary magazine from that era has a suggestion for a surprisingly modern way to do it.
Communication in writing nowadays is almost exclusively done in type. Why, then, should anyone care about being able to write legibly?