We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
Have you noticed how the weekly COVID-19 numbers seem to decline daily and then at the beginning of the week they jump back up a bit? Even some of the news sources have noted it and opined that it's due to the weekend.
Yes, it is indeed due to the weekend. It's the 5 on 7 pattern where, basically, the logistics pipe is backed up. It is the "All work done by Friday" syndrome, also call the Robinson Crusoe effect.
On another travel-related side note, we visited the cemetery where Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, is buried. Bunhill Fields in London is just across City Road from Wesley's Chapel, and is the site of the graves of many other famous non-conformists as well. We had a very interesting conversation with a fellow there. You can read of it here if you like.
Today is Ghost In the Machine Day. The phrase came from Gilbert Ryle's analysis of Descartes' concept of the mind as separate from the body. Ryle opined that without the body there can be no consciousness. As I understand it, back in 1976 he discovered that he was wrong.
Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
Have you noticed how the weekly COVID-19 numbers seem to decline daily and then at the beginning of the week they jump back up a bit? Even some of the news sources have noted it and opined that it's due to the weekend.
Yes, it is indeed due to the weekend. It's the 5 on 7 pattern where, basically, the logistics pipe is backed up. It is the "All work done by Friday" syndrome, also call the Robinson Crusoe effect.
On another travel-related side note, we visited the cemetery where Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, is buried. Bunhill Fields in London is just across City Road from Wesley's Chapel, and is the site of the graves of many other famous non-conformists as well. We had a very interesting conversation with a fellow there. You can read of it here if you like.
Today is Ghost In the Machine Day. The phrase came from Gilbert Ryle's analysis of Descartes' concept of the mind as separate from the body. Ryle opined that without the body there can be no consciousness. As I understand it, back in 1976 he discovered that he was wrong.
Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
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