The battle of Castle Itter is an interesting tale, though I'm not sure I would call Hitler a coward for shooting himself, and the ending takeway is a little too "Clean Wermacht" if you ask me. Yes there were some exceptions of noble German personal, even rare officers who smuggled Jews out, but it'd also be a lie that "ordinary people" of the Wermacht didn't enthusiastically carry out atrocities or assisted in extermination campaigns for more than obligation and knowing the Eastern Front, they weren't small nasty exceptions to be expected of any military. Same on the opposite side, the mass rapes, tortures, and massacres by the Red Army can't be blamed solely on the Commissars or NKVD. As time went on into late war, SS fanaticism, volunteer status, and even combat competency also started to be less universal as desperation to fill out manpower quotas increased. The battle itself actually had one SS officer amongst the German defectors, agreeing to help lead due to the friendship he had developed with French PoWs, which is a detail which is while not crucial, is something I think should've been acknowledged.
“[J]oe Rogan’s podcast is #1, despite being the world’s most influential source of misinformation.” Love it. 😂
Wow. Lots of recommendations! But with the first, an influencer like Rogan is liked (for whatever reasons maybe because he sends money to Mom) that listeners believe him (always) despite facts to the contrary. Inviting UFO “experts” is a ploy to the numbers game.
When two of my most intelligent friends say I should listen to Rogan, I say I have science journals and classics to read, and astronomical observations to do (not just eclipses as the tabloids depict me as the ultimate whacko who deserved his divorce(!)), but serious observations and studies by those making cutting-edge, unpublished discoveries. How does an electrical engineer (a field of study I wholeheartedly respect) slip and lose track of their course and head to Uri Geller that something just might be there? Is it Bartleby the Scrivener Syndrome? Do I quote Jesus on the cross? “Forgive give them Father….”
It astonishes me how bored people are and they subsequently turn astray. This “looking for something more,” something beyond science, is beyond comprehension. Isn’t science already fascinating enough that as we continue to question it leads to further mystery? It’s the ultimate binge-worthy Netflix experience with your death (actually your ability to reason) that is the final episode. And guess what? It’s still a mystery. ✨
Sometimes I think the disabled who come close to death and suffer daily are more grounded, “normal,” and wiser than the rest. I’m with Ed. We have so much to read. The books are blocking my view of the walls. 📚 😄
The battle of Castle Itter is an interesting tale, though I'm not sure I would call Hitler a coward for shooting himself, and the ending takeway is a little too "Clean Wermacht" if you ask me. Yes there were some exceptions of noble German personal, even rare officers who smuggled Jews out, but it'd also be a lie that "ordinary people" of the Wermacht didn't enthusiastically carry out atrocities or assisted in extermination campaigns for more than obligation and knowing the Eastern Front, they weren't small nasty exceptions to be expected of any military. Same on the opposite side, the mass rapes, tortures, and massacres by the Red Army can't be blamed solely on the Commissars or NKVD. As time went on into late war, SS fanaticism, volunteer status, and even combat competency also started to be less universal as desperation to fill out manpower quotas increased. The battle itself actually had one SS officer amongst the German defectors, agreeing to help lead due to the friendship he had developed with French PoWs, which is a detail which is while not crucial, is something I think should've been acknowledged.
Good points, thanks!
“[J]oe Rogan’s podcast is #1, despite being the world’s most influential source of misinformation.” Love it. 😂
Wow. Lots of recommendations! But with the first, an influencer like Rogan is liked (for whatever reasons maybe because he sends money to Mom) that listeners believe him (always) despite facts to the contrary. Inviting UFO “experts” is a ploy to the numbers game.
When two of my most intelligent friends say I should listen to Rogan, I say I have science journals and classics to read, and astronomical observations to do (not just eclipses as the tabloids depict me as the ultimate whacko who deserved his divorce(!)), but serious observations and studies by those making cutting-edge, unpublished discoveries. How does an electrical engineer (a field of study I wholeheartedly respect) slip and lose track of their course and head to Uri Geller that something just might be there? Is it Bartleby the Scrivener Syndrome? Do I quote Jesus on the cross? “Forgive give them Father….”
It astonishes me how bored people are and they subsequently turn astray. This “looking for something more,” something beyond science, is beyond comprehension. Isn’t science already fascinating enough that as we continue to question it leads to further mystery? It’s the ultimate binge-worthy Netflix experience with your death (actually your ability to reason) that is the final episode. And guess what? It’s still a mystery. ✨
Sometimes I think the disabled who come close to death and suffer daily are more grounded, “normal,” and wiser than the rest. I’m with Ed. We have so much to read. The books are blocking my view of the walls. 📚 😄
Yeah, sorry, I waited too long to publish this and the number of readings kept going up… 😃
Already way too much to read--and now Pigliucci is piling on! (Thanks.)
Sorry! 😆
You ain't no such of.a thing!
True!