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The Spirits Behind the Writers

By reckon | Published: March 4, 2008
The Spirits behind the writers   Horace reports that the 5th century Athenian poet Cratinus, in a light-hearted defense of his famed intemperance, declared, “No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by water drinkers.” Cratinus wasn’t entirely kidding: Legend says he died of grief upon seeing a full cask of [...]
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Grape Expectations

By reckon | Published: March 4, 2008
What wine can tell us about the nature of reality. Scientists at Cal-Tech and Stanford recently published the results of a peculiar wine tasting. They provided people with cabernet sauvignons at various price points, with bottles ranging from $5 to $90. Although the tasters were told that all the wines were different, the scientists were [...]
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