by Rab Eden | Reflections
The brain is an electro-chemical entity, which in the case of humans is stated by one author to contain some 1011 self-organising neurones with some 1014 connections. Whatever the precise numbers, the human brain is of huge complexity, with a processing power... by Rab Eden | Reflections
Thoughts on a problem in the loft God, many of us are inclined to agree – theist and pantheist alike – is Love. Starting from this premise, and as far a possible ridding ourselves of all slanted thinking, the mouse poses an unkind dilemma not only to us but to all... by Rab Eden | Reflections
Does a coral polyp give a fleeting thought to the giant reef on which it is rooted and which gave it life? The answer is, probably, no. In success it is confident and ruthless. Its concerns are to compete with its neighbours except where co-operation is to its own... by Rab Eden | Reflections
30th September 1994 It’s not much more than fifty years later, but a Roman centurion returning to Hadrian’s Wall after two millennia might have less of a problem in recognising his surroundings. To say our fortifications are in ruins would be an... by Rab Eden | Reflections
It is of the nature of man to build a theory of life by projecting from such data, however limited, as are available to him. The data today, in the late Twentieth Century, are more comprehensive than ever before, although still far from complete. The Eden... by Rab Eden | Reflections
This account was, as I sharpened my pencil, intended to concern Her Majesty’s Fijian Ship Latui, The Hawk. But there seems to be some writer-resistance, so now it appears the topic is to be Mbengga (or Beqa if you prefer) lagoon. As I write, though,...