“I say to you, Frodo, that even as I speak to you, I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all his mind that concerns the Elves. And he gropes ever to see me and my thought. But still the door is closed!” Lady Galadriel, from “The Fellowship… Read more »
“I say to you, Frodo, that even as I speak to you, I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all his mind that concerns the Elves. And he gropes ever to see me and my thought. But still the door is closed!” Lady Galadriel, from “The Fellowship… Read more »
As O’Brien passed the telescreen a thought seemed to strike him. He stopped, turned aside and pressed a switch on the wall. There was a sharp snap. The voice had stopped. Julia uttered a tiny sound, a sort of squeak of surprise. Even in the midst of his panic, Winston… Read more »
Let me begin by saying it’s impossible to determine the actual number of Orgonite devices produces since its invention. (I added “approximately” after reading Don’s first comment, below – ed) So this thread’s purpose is to catalogue what we DO know. And perhaps develop a wider global dialogue on the… Read more »
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” George Orwell, from “1984“ December 21, 2017 – Researchers find increase in global mortality rates associated with seasonal flu December 21, 2017 – US life expectancy decreases for second straight… Read more »
“The Ministry of Truth– Minitrue, in Newspeak — was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air. From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on… Read more »
“I am a practitioner of the science of deduction, of using the known facts in a case to unveil the unknown.” Sherlock Holmes, from “The Whitechapel Murders”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1888 The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants whenever… Read more »
‘What one man can invent another can discover.’ Sherlock Holmes, from “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,1903 Did you know that the rate of death from Alzheimer’s disease increased by more than 50 percent from 1999 to 2014? And did… Read more »
“Doublethink lies at the very heart of Ingsoc, since the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.” George Orwell, from “1984” October 29, 2015 – Every Day I Want To Quit Social Media – BuzzFeed… Read more »
September 5, 2014 – “Feeling a need to be socially connected hardly seems like an addiction to me,” Ira Hyman, Ph.D., in “Psychology Today” February 3, 2015 – Chinese teenager chops off own hand to cure internet addiction. September 25, 2016 – A Chinese teenager tied her mother to a… Read more »