Monthly Archives: October 2021

The Greatest Musical Composition Ever – IV

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 7th October 2021

This one is so good that it could justify the title. Schubert’s String Quintet in C Maj was written during the last two months of his achingly short life. The composer died in 1828. Schubert’s once in a millenium genius was not widely recognized until well after his death. The quintet was not performed until…


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Scientism

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 3rd October 2021

Scientism is the application of the scientific method and tools to situations that are inappropriate for such an approach and technique. It also includes the view that all of the cosmos and everything in it animate or otherwise can eventually be unravelled by science. It grants undeserved authority to those who claim to be speaking…


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