Weeknote 35, 2023

§1 A basic question

“Does learning that something you have read or heard about this topic is wrong make you reassess the rest of your understanding? If not, why not?”—Unknown

§2 “...I daresay a lot of other blokes felt likewise”

Every now and then, something reminds me of the blinkered self-importance mocked in this Doonesbury comic strip from the week of the 1981 Royal Wedding.

§3 Fixing the skill tree

The article from a competitor to The Onion brings to mind the day I played “The Sims” in a way that matched my real life as closely as possible, then changed how I lived my life when I saw how it affected my sim.

§4 Yes! We Have No Bananas

A song that comedians were still making jokes about in the Seventies first became a hit 100 years ago.