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Is it only me? I think I lost the ability to read cursive handwriting. I tried reading a few pages, and it is really hard for me to follow what is written.
The book, "The Fellowship", references these meeting minutes, along with other research from this period in time: https://www.amazon.com/Fellowship-Gilbert-Newton-Scientific-...
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Short answer is that, on a very long time horizon, I think drug laws probably are just a phase that will go away. But socially- or religiously-enforced policing of conduct is as old as human culture itself, so even if drugs become decriminalized, the tendency to proclaim some substances or actions "taboo" is unlikely to ever disappear. The specific actions/substances in question can change fairly quickly, however.
Maybe criminalizing religions would be an answer. It is fascinating how perception of drugs changes over time. Even the Dutch royal family had a cocaine manufacturing site last century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Coca%C3%AFnefabr...
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Does any of the meeting minutes contain a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz that you know of ?
First page of the 1707-1711 editions, I found this sentence, sure there's likely more ... "A proposall was read by Dr. Papin concerning a new invented [deleted] to be row'd with oars mov'd by heat. The farther consideration of It was also referred to ye. next meeting. A letter was read from Mr. Leibnitz concerning Mr. Papin & this new boat."
> In 1705 he developed a second steam engine with the help of Gottfried Leibniz, based on an invention by Thomas Savery, but this used steam pressure rather than atmospheric pressure. Details of the engine were published in 1707.
> Papin returned to London in 1707, leaving his wife in Germany. Several of his papers were put before the Royal Society between 1707 and 1712 without acknowledging or paying him, about which he complained bitterly. Papin's ideas included a description of his 1690 atmospheric steam engine, similar to that built and put into use by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, thought to be the year of Papin's death.
For those that are interested in what else the Royal Society archives hold, I wholly recommend the Objectivity YouTube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtwKon9qMt5YLVgQt1tvJKg ) created by Brady Haran (of Periodic Videos, Numberphile, Computerphile, etc.)
Is it only me? I think I lost the ability to read cursive handwriting. I tried reading a few pages, and it is really hard for me to follow what is written.
This kind of stuff is a good candidate for Zooniverse. Have a look at some of the ship log projects, for example.
Have you used Zooniverse in the past? If so, what was the outcome/experience like?
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Maybe criminalizing religions would be an answer. It is fascinating how perception of drugs changes over time. Even the Dutch royal family had a cocaine manufacturing site last century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Coca%C3%AFnefabr...
... because restricting peoples freedom of association would be great revenge for restricting drug use?
Looking back, there were many very good reasons why the religions were not put in the constitution.
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Short answer is that, on a very long time horizon, I think drug laws probably are just a phase that will go away. But socially- or religiously-enforced policing of conduct is as old as human culture itself, so even if drugs become decriminalized, the tendency to proclaim some substances or actions "taboo" is unlikely to ever disappear. The specific actions/substances in question can change fairly quickly, however.
Maybe criminalizing religions would be an answer. It is fascinating how perception of drugs changes over time. Even the Dutch royal family had a cocaine manufacturing site last century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Coca%C3%AFnefabr...
I supposed you could try to create a better religion. Do what thou whilst as the basic creed basically - which, incidentally, is what the church of satan preaches :)
It looks like even the brightest scientific minds of the past forgot to increment the year after January 1. Even as late as March and April in some years.
The will probably be a 'readme' somewhere on the site about old style dates.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Beginning_o...