Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics The behaviour of sub-atomic particles in the LHC seems to disagree with the Standard Model.

Interesting stuff. But "electroweak penguin decay"? How can we be sure that these scientists aren't just taking the piss out of us?

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The sun is out and the tulips are in bloom. 😄🤩

Nice. Always wanted to visit Chester-le-Street. Will do one of these days. And yes, Durham are definitely in with a shout I reckon.

Excited about the start of the Cricket County Champs today. Got my fantasy team picked and I’m looking forward to the first ball being bowled. My money’s on Somerset to win their first ever title, inspired by the Rew brothers. And I’m backing Lancashire (of course!) to win Division Two.

The fact you have commented might suggest otherwise. 😁

The disdain with which Parfit sometimes dismisses critics is stunning. On p.354 he gets rid of one objection by saying: “This view is too implausible to be worth discussing”.

What a great line. I intend to use it next time I’m having an argument with my wife. I’ll let you know how that goes…

Yes. Great shout.

Nice. Just down the road from me.

Of course. Everyone knows that knowledge lasts for two years exactly. After that, you forget everything.

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Yes! And the Stockport Viaduct, one of the largest brick structures in the world.

Ha. I know, right. 😜

Yes, she loves a sink drink! Every morning when I get up she's sitting in the sink waiting for me to turn on the tap. (I heard once that they've evolved to prefer running water, because it's less likely to be stagnant. No idea if that's true though...)

😂 Donald, me plums!

Happy 430th Birthday René Descartes. The Father of Modern Philosophy. Here is a never-before-seen photo of him, recently unearthed by archivists, taken in preparation for this very day, back in 1640. (He looks pleased with himself because he’s just finished a first draft of the Meditations).

A fair point.

They say that Anaximander (in the 6th century BCE) drew the first ever map of the world. It wasn't very good. It doesn't even have Stockport on it.

It took me a moment, but I found it!

Just a sliver of moon in Manchester tonight…

Another day, another award...

selective attention test YouTube video by Daniel Simons

Conscious experience really is remarkable. And mysterious!

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Here's a fact to brighten your day:

Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan.

You're welcome!

Ha ha. He doesn't make it easy, that's for sure. But if you persevere with it and manage to penetrate the dense and difficult language, there is some profound and enduring wisdom there.

Ouch. Roll on the spring!

Looking feisty this morning...

Tomorrow, after a hiatus of more than a decade, I will again be teaching the ethics of Kant. Secretly, I was hoping that my ten years of extra wisdom would, this time around, make reading the Groundwork a doddle, but having revisited the text, it appears that hope was forlorn...

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Remember this? It remains to this day, my favourite ever comedy show.

Chillin'