The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022)

Post by vajrabum » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 8:52 PM UTC

n3storm wrote: post #21

ycan wrote: post #19

> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a keen spiritualist, even consulted a medium to attempt to solve the mystery of her disappearance. This bit was the most surprising part of the article for me, given the themes of science and materialism in Sherlock Holmes books. Looking a bit into it, Doyle really seems to have been into Spiritualism for some bizarre reason [0]. [0] https://arthurconandoyle.co.uk/spiritualist

At that time "mesmerism" was sold as possible new branch of science that will properly explain after life, ghost, etc. without religion. Obviously was a reboot/remake/remix "product" perfectly crafted for a new public as sceptics like Sir Conan Doyle.

Post by SilasX » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 9:13 PM UTC

ivanbakel wrote: post #14

ComputerGuru wrote: post #8

> The written answer from the Home Secretary was that ‘No members of the Metropolitan Police were specially detailed for the purpose, and no cost was incurred by the Metropolitan Police …’ Then > Agatha’s husband, Archie Christie, responded to enquiries about his wife’s state of mind by explaining that she was suffering from a nervous disorder and memory loss. The police approached him to request a contribution towar…

England has no national police force. The Metropolitan Police operate only in London (hence the name.) Christie disappeared in Surrey, which had (and has) its own territorial force, the Surrey Police. Note in particular the concern was that multiple forces had been involved in the search i.e. more than just the Surrey Police, and therefore the concern that London police resources had been spent unnecessarily in the s…

Post by messe » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 9:21 PM UTC

somat wrote: post #40

Hah, that marriage certificate. the condition column. bachelor is fair enough(man who never married) but spinster(woman who never married?) nowadays the terms, especially spinster, have a sort of connotation with age. 24 is not that old but would younger people(18-20) have a different condition. and now I am curious what other "conditions" there are. my guess. widow/er divorced(are there archaic gender specific terms…

Post by COGlory » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 9:26 PM UTC

pcl wrote: post #30

jahnu wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well Newton was seriously into alchemy so you never can tell.

From a scientific standpoint, nuclear fission is pretty much alchemy, right? I feel like we use the term to dismiss quacks, but changing one element into another is literally something we now know how to do. Lead (atomic number 82) isn’t even that far from gold (atomic number 79).

Post by pests » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 9:31 PM UTC

pcl wrote: post #30

jahnu wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well Newton was seriously into alchemy so you never can tell.

From a scientific standpoint, nuclear fission is pretty much alchemy, right? I feel like we use the term to dismiss quacks, but changing one element into another is literally something we now know how to do. Lead (atomic number 82) isn’t even that far from gold (atomic number 79).