The Bible Hebrew word teraphim (תְּרָפִים) is by most scholars “translated” as “household god”, not even considering that teraphim (תְּרָפִים) clearly is a plural. I find this embarrassing. Already the Biblical reports claiming that persons, who accepted no other god than the God of Israel, possessed teraphim (תְּרָפִים), this for example includes David, should have […]

Because I learnt much about history from Martin Armstrong’s blog, so I wonder why Martin Armstrong, too, sometimes feels urged to invent history, especially contemporary history. Martin Armstrong reports that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz mobilized troops to the purpose to attack Russia and threatened Russia during a conference on July, 10th. This conference took place […]

Several blogs and also YouTube clips tell about differences between Okinawan and Japanese karate styles. According to such sources would only the Okinawan styles really teach how to defend yourself. While some instructors only liking sports and hence have dropped everything else is credible, this isn’t an Okinawan versus Japanese/ American/ more modern/ whatever thing. […]

I recently learnt from Martin Armstrong’s blog about the stripper index. This sounds like one of those indices, which in vain shall try to compare the values of different currencies. But the stripper index is of a different kind. It shall show cyclical ups and downs in domestic economy or with other words it shall […]

Since governments issue paper money, they don’t need to abide by any international standard anymore. Although this is intended because it can be advantageous, it also raises the problem of how to compare the values of different currencies. So once an economist, actually in an attempt to demonstrate how not to do it, chose an […]

I stumbled upon a confirmation of my article ‘Combat Sports Isn’t Martial Arts!’. Albeit that article on another blog is several years older and I not knowing it beforehand somehow is a bit embarrassing, to find such a confirmation still feels great. So you now have the additional option to read in a ten times […]

The first computers…, well…, weren’t machines. The word computer originally denoted a person, who could be employed for doing calculations. The first computer machines didn’t consist of transistors, but their functionality already was needed and hence simulated with vacuum tubes. The only way to interact with such a computer and still for a while after […]

In the biology of humans, really everything can go wrong. Testicles (and also ovaries) develop in the human embryo at the place of the kidneys and descend around the time of birth. But everything can go wrong, so some male babies develop testicles, which then don’t descend. Lifelong infertility is the very least of the […]

Between Antiquity to the Early Middle Age, people at least in Europe lost many skills. Especially the loss of the abilities to read, to write, and to calculate caused several problems. People nowadays rely so much on computer programs that people nowadays again lose the skills of reading, writing, and calculating. The ability to calculate […]

Medieval people could build on a rich heritage from Antiquity, but also lost several abilities. Especially what required some central planning got lost because too few people could read, write, or calculate. Logistics for maintaining and running a palace was impossible, so that kings had to move from palatinate to palatinate. The medieval skills in […]