New oilpainting, definitely not a portrait. But is it even figurative? I started with the idea of making a ‘quick’ painting of ‘the’ Universe‘. (Did you know that the catholics burnt someone -who absolutely believed in Jesus etc- at the stake for suggesting there was more than one universe?) Astronomist nowadays are quite sure the… Continue reading The Andromeda Galaxy & scientific observations
Category: Science
The Portuguese Doctor Frankenstein
The crucial DATE on the above image is hard to discern. It says: January 12 1989. The cowardly, disproportionate reactions to one castration 70 years ago The amount of attention given to one, possibly a few cases of castration in the 1950s is in absurd proportion to the attention given to atrocities taking place in… Continue reading The Portuguese Doctor Frankenstein
Elsevier: devoted to glorifying Islam
Capitalism, or rather: free enterprise-based production, is among the (Western) achievements that are well worth defending. However, its blessings can only flourish under conditions, and it is certainly not the individual entrepreneurs themselves who defend those conditions. Certainly not the monstrously large corporations whose leadership has little or no affinity with the actual processes of… Continue reading Elsevier: devoted to glorifying Islam
Polanyi: ‘Personal knowledge’ a.k.a. integrity
About a month ago, in an article about cultivating bananas (!), I announced writing this extraordinary and comprehensive book review. The book I now review here was written by the most brilliant man you possibly never heard of: Michael Polanyi.The book is called “Personal Knowledge“. From ‘atheist-materialist’ Galileo Circle in Budapest … First, something about… Continue reading Polanyi: ‘Personal knowledge’ a.k.a. integrity
Science and a cabinet of curiosities
I am in the process of writing an extraordinary and comprehensive book review. It is written by the most brilliant man you have probably never heard of: Michael Polanyi. The book is called “Personal Knowledge“. I first read part of it almost 47 years ago and was immediately very impressed. It seemed to me to… Continue reading Science and a cabinet of curiosities
Erasing history and repairing the past
Or: The fathomless madness at western Universities The audio of this video features as Dutch podcast (Here at spotify). It is the first post in the new sub-category ‘Shadowbanning and censorship‘. Links promised in the video / podcast: Detail of my painting to commemorate the brothers De Witt, murdered by Dutch Orangists. See also the… Continue reading Erasing history and repairing the past