Friday, January 11, 2008

A Martyr to Science

Thought Experiments salutes this hero, who gave his life to establish once and for all that white spirit is indeed flammable, thereby silencing the doubters and scoffers. Note too his modest summing-up: 'I'm all right. I just want a fag and a beer.'

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  1. he looked good for 43 - and a sort of chaplinesque expression, quite appropriate to the story.

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  2. "it was an act of possible bravado" - love it!

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  3. Given the hard, testable, objective evidence before him, it was a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Sadly, he forgot science is self-correcting.

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  4. I wonder if perhaps he was a pissed up junkie with mental problems... not really a laugh after all. I didnt know we did cruel and heartless here - the man died for Gods sake.

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  5. We all have to die, Mutley, why not embrace it?

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  6. Well, it really was an idiotic thing to do. It's hard not to laugh, Mutley. Also, I thought the guy was a teenager by the photo. Hard to believe the dude was 43 years old. I'm amazed he lived so long, considering his propensity for dangerous fact-finding missions.

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