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This book, published in 1996, could perhaps be thought of as containing the first indications of what would later become Richard Dawkins’ full blown attack on religion. It seems to me that it is, in a way, a bridge between the earlier Dawkins who was talking mostly about biology and very little about the hoax of religion,
I the movie “Sunshine” by Danny Boyle [IMDB] there is a scene which is impossible to comprehend unless you have some knowledge of physics. The protagonist Robert Capa (Cillian Murphy) finds himself trapped in an airlock from which he must escape at any cost. The airlock contains Read the rest of this entry »
Once, in one of my trips between Melos and Athens, we encountered very bad weather, and the ship was in danger of sinking. The Captain ordered that the sail be taken completely down and that part of the cargo be thrown overboard. All members of the crew were rowing, while we, the passengers, were frantically tossing water out of the ship.
One of the sailors, who happened to have heard about me, started convincing the others that they had brought the wrath of the gods upon them by accepting me on board. They were going to toss me in the sea together with the cargo, and I had to come up with something clever to say, and I had to make it quick.
My main blog is in Greek, and it is mostly about Greek affairs, but I have noticed that every once in a rare while I do post something there which may be of interest to people outside of Greece.
I reckon that in these cases it is a pity to keep the posts locked in a language understandable by only a negligibly small percentage of the population of the planet, so, I started this blog with the intent of posting English translations of some of my articles.
