Apr
10
Curiosities
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The Facebook generation of poets
Adult brain processes fractions effortlessly
Posthumous publication of Roland Barthes’s journals
Excerpt:
November 5th
Sad afternoon. Quick shopping. At the pastry shop (pointlessness) I buy an almond cake. Serving a customer, the little female employee says, “Voilà.” That’s the word which I would say when I brought Mom something when I looked after her. Once, near the end, she half-unconsciously echoed, “Voilà” (I’m here, an expression which we used mutually during a whole lifetime). This employee’s remark brought tears to my eyes. I wept for a long time (after returning to the silent apartment).
Was Einstein wrong about relativity?