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Month: September 2017

John Cleese on Monty Python and Political Correctness

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 ~ cafebedouin

"What are you working on now? I have a show I’m working on at the moment called Why There Is No Hope. Sounds funny.  It is funny. Some people immediately see the title as funny and other people go what?! There is no hope that we’ll ever live in a rational, kind, intelligent society. To … Continue reading John Cleese on Monty Python and Political Correctness

The Solution to the Voynich Manuscript | Nicholas Gibbs

September 15, 2017January 20, 2018 ~ cafebedouin ~ 5 Comments

The solution to the Voynich Manuscript is a really interesting example of the power of scholarship and subject specialization. Edit: A week after it was published, this "solution" was debunked. I missed the follow-up. Perhaps the lesson here is how difficult it can be to untangle these kinds of puzzles.

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