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- Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:33 am
- Forum: Discussion Points
- Topic: How much of GDP is wages?
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How much of GDP is wages?
How can the fact that GDP divided by working population is over 4 times the median income be reconciled with roughly 2/3 of national income going to labour?
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:25 am
- Forum: Discussion Points
- Topic: Socrates and 1984
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Socrates and 1984
There are those who see Socrates as a martyr, willing to die for his principles. Is it plausible to view him as more like Winston Smith in the book 1984, who accepted the death penalty because he had been brainwashed to accept the regime he lived in.
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:41 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Homotopy Type Theory : Univalent Foundations of Mathematics,
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Homotopy Type Theory : Univalent Foundations of Mathematics,
Will this succeed in changing the way mathematics is done?
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:39 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce.
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The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce.
Many people use Bourgeois purely as an insult. Is it possible to change this viewpoint
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:34 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Rethinking Economics : An Introduction to Pluralist Economics
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Rethinking Economics : An Introduction to Pluralist Economics
We need new ideas in economics, but can we get away from just dressing up old ones?
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:30 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: The Pleasure of Finding Things out
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The Pleasure of Finding Things out
All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:52 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: How the Laser Happened
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How the Laser Happened
The laser isn't as much of a success for quantum theory as some would have us believe.
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:23 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: George Orwell : Essays
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George Orwell : Essays
Orwell's voice is one that I respect. I feel that it is important to get beyond 1984.
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:15 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: George Orwell, The Collected Non-Fiction
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George Orwell, The Collected Non-Fiction
£30 for 10000+ pages is less than 0.3 pence per page which is pretty good value.
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:02 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Quantum Theory at the Crossroads
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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads
It is often thought that Einstein lost his way with quantum theory. But was he really a voice in the wilderness who was saying something important?