Well some of them at least… If the Earth has been proven to be a flat spinning disc, why don’t we fly off the edge due to centrifugal force? Proof is the preserve of mathematicians and the manufacturers of hard liquor. So no scientist would ever claim that the Earth was ‘proven’ to be anything.Continue reading “My Quora answers”
Tag Archives: Brexit
The end of democracy?
Introduction My name is Rod Jones, and perhaps some of you may know me from Quora where I’ve recently discovered that my contributions have been read nearly 4 million times, with more than 92,000 upvotes… very gratifying! My stuff on Quora has been as diverse as politics, climate change, cosmology and map-making, and mostly IContinue reading “The end of democracy?”
Scotland and independence
I am vocally anti-Brexit. To choose to walk away from the UK’s biggest marketplace in 2016 was the economic equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot. Together with the reality that it is now difficult for UK citizens to work, live and even travel in the EU. There is little doubt in my mind thatContinue reading “Scotland and independence”
