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Seldom Wrong But Never In Doubt

How do you know what you know?In 1847 a Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelwies, proposed a controversial idea – that physicians should wash their hands between messing around in cadavers and then touching a patient’s vagina. Semmelweis was deeply bothered by the...
A Christmas with Imaginary Conservatives

A Christmas with Imaginary Conservatives

This Christmas I’m taking a leap of the imagination into the home of a family of imaginary conservatives. It is Christmas morning and I arrive, as if by magic, down the chimney, just as the family is gathering round the tree. Dusting myself off, I announce myself as...