Sep 24, 2024
David and Tamler crawl up a riverbank, kiss the mud, and dream
a discussion of Borges’ “The Circular Ruins.” We sort through
various interpretations and allusions, the story as a metaphor for
artistic creation, gnostic cosmology, solipsism, eternal
recursion, and the unstable boundary between reality and
illusion. How does Borges fit all of this and much more in a 5
page story?
Plus, Scientific American endorses Kamala Harris – is that a big
deal? We look at a study purporting to show that Nature’s
Biden endorsement eroded trust in science among Trump
supporters.
Political endorsement by Nature and trust in scientific expertise during COVID-19 [nature.com]
The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges [wikipedia.org]