After the Gold Rush 1

Scottish Islands Renewable Project: Final Report https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scottish-islands-renewable-project-final-report ‘Our study concludes that the costs of deploying renewables on a large scale in the Scottish Islands is high, and that there are a number of technological and environmental challenges. However, onshore wind on the Scottish Islands is cost competitive with several other forms of low carbon generation ...

Stronsay Sock Puppet

Here’s a sock puppet spotted in the wild: And here’s where he claims to work: Ouch. If you need assistance with the term ‘sock puppet’ then google is your friend. I imagine the sockmaster -or sockpuppeteer- usually thinks of himself as a very clever person, but I can only assume it takes a lot of ...

Semiotics 8

“The study of signs is the study of the construction and maintenance of reality. To decline such a study is to leave to others the control of the world of meanings which we inhabit.” Sign Language Semiotics [extracts] Semiotics began to become a major approach to cultural studies in the late 1960s, partly as a ...

Umberto Eco: The study of our ancestors is an immunological precaution.

“It would hardly be a waste of time if sometimes even the most advanced students in the cognitive sciences were to pay a visit to their ancestors. It is frequently claimed in American philosophy departments that, in order to be a philosopher, it is not necessary to revisit the history of philosophy. It is like ...