by Beat Schindler | Sep 10, 2024 | You
HASAN IBN AL-HAYTHAM According to Wikipedia, Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham (born 1059 years ago / died 1000 years ago), “is sometimes described as the world’s first true scientist.” Whether that’s true I guess is for the scientists after Hasan to decide. TAKEAWAY In the...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 9, 2024 | You
Hunger stones… …are large stones in riverbeds. In bygone times, they used to warn those word-users able to read of not enough to eat. Did you know when the printing press was invented ,584 years ago, only 8% of the then-400 million world-wide population of...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 9, 2024 | You
Hunger stones… …are large stones in riverbeds. In bygone times, they used to warn those word-users able to read of not enough to eat. Did you know when the printing press was invented ,584 years ago, only 8% of the then-400 million world-wide population of word-users...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 7, 2024 | Words, You
The next time a word-user starts telling you everything it knows isn’t a word, ask it what that is without naming it. I should know it’s impossible because in my workshops, I ask groups of word-users if anything they know isn’t a word, and in a heartbeat, without...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 7, 2024 | Words, You
Everything we know is a word The next time a word-user starts telling you everything it knows isn’t a word, ask it what that is without naming it. I should know it’s impossible because in my workshops, I ask groups of word-users if anything they know isn’t a word, and...
