Linkfest 2017-03-26
Last summer I posted an article about a battlefield from the Bronze Age. Here is another article about the same archaeological site, with an alternative explanation of what happened. Archaeology always requires interpretation, so it is wise to keep in mind exactly what you found, and how it could have gotten there.
'London Bridge is down': the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death
The end of an era has been planned in advance.
How Aristotle Created the Computer
This is a pretty survey of the developments in mathematics and philosophy that allowed us to develop digital computers. While the article notes that Boole's algebra was seen as spectacularly useless when he came up with it, it also took WW2 and the Cold War to really develop this technology. Also see James Ross' Revenge of the Analysts: Aristotle's Revenge: Software Everywhere.
More evidence for my cocktail theory of science
A long comment at Greg Cochran's blog gets at the cultural difference between East and West that seems to lie at the heart of why Science is a Western thing, via a comparative study of martial arts.
Do Immigrants Import Their Economic Destiny?
Short answer: Yes.
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C. S. Lewis once said he "loved Balder before he loved Christ". Seeing an image like this, I can imagine why.
Charles Murray’s SPLC page as edited by Charles Murray
Murray said he had fun writing this.
Germany's grand First World War jihad experiment
This sort of thing has been going on for a very long time. I enjoyed the Talbot Mundy reference in the article, since I'm currently reading King of the Khyber Rifles.
'Fallout: New Vegas' Writer Chris Avellone: "Fantasy is Not My Happy Place"
Chris Avellone has worked on many of my favorite games, from Fallout to FTL.
American Indian Firewater Myths Are No Myths
The Pine Ridge reservation may be one of the saddest places in America.
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