I've been ill the last few days; nothing serious, just a cold, but I find it remarkable how easily something can overwhelm my body. When I am ill I feel as though I lose a lot of control over my mind, not being able to focus my thoughts, and my body becomes heavy and uncomfortable, unwilling […]
Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world. In our endeavor to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears its ticking, […]
It feels as though spring is on its way. I woke up yesterday, after a particularly windy and rainy night, to find dazzling warm(ish) sunshine streaming in through my window. As I emerged for my walk to campus I got that feeling, that only comes during this small window of the year, of the impending […]