Tag: philosophy

A Voyage to Arcturus

UK: In Praise of David Lindsay and his Book “A Voyage to Arcturus! (14.2.2026)

What was written on those 30 missing pages? No one knows because they remain missing. It is interesting to speculate as what is left reads like the music (and lyrics) from “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Considering how bizarre and sexually suggestive the remaining content is – one is left pondering as to the true scale of non-conformity. Anyway, a number of early SciFi writes used the agency of “sleep” as a means to travel long distances or indeed travel through time – I think this idea dates back to the French author “Louis-Sébastien Mercier” (1740-1814) and his 1771 masterpiece entitled “The Year 2440: A Dream If Ever There Was One” (L’An 2440, rêve s’il en fut jamais). I think HG Wells also borrowed this concept for his 1898 book entitled “When the Sleeper Wakes”. Lindsay, it must be said, did flesh it out somewhat by suggesting it was possible to “travel on light beams” in “torpedo-shaped metal space craft” (the essence of the modern “Alien” franchise?). Of course, it must be stressed that Arcturus was in fact the “sun” around which the planet Tormance orbited. The protagonists did not travel to the sun – but to the planet Tormance – which is an interesting and unexplained contradicting. Why not the title “A Voyage to Tormance” – as this planet seems far more warmer than earth (the main character Maskull required a blood transfusion just tosurvive – provided wilfully by a Tormance women (an allusion to the power of menstruation – perhaps?)

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Cover of the journal that published the study. (Photo courtesy of the Einstein Probe Science Center of the National Astronomical Observatories)

China: Chinese Scientists Report First Likely Sighting of Black-Hole Devouring White Dwarf! (12.2.2026)

Chinese astronomers said they have likely captured the first direct evidence of a mid-sized black hole ripping apart and consuming a white dwarf star, shedding new light on a long-theorized but rarely observed cosmic process.

The discovery is based on observations of a powerful high-energy space explosion known as EP250702a, detected by China’s Einstein Probe satellite, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The findings were published this month in the journal Science Bulletin.

Mid-sized black holes, thought to bridge the gap between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes, are difficult to detect because they produce few observable signals unless actively feeding on nearby matter.

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A drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows two mausoleums of the Xixia Imperial Tombs in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

China: Archaeology Proves “Oldest” [5,300-Year-Old] Continuous Culture! (1.2.2026)

A cornerstone of this research is the Erlitou site in central China’s Henan. Excavated since 1959, this site is widely regarded by Chinese scholars as a major urban center associated with the Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 B.C.), traditionally considered China’s first dynasty.

The most critical discovery at the site is the presence of China’s earliest grid-patterned capital layout, offering rare insights into the capital system of early states.

Erlitou is part of a constellation of key sites. From the ritual complexes at the Niuheliang site in Liaoning to the exquisite pottery at the Taosi site in Shanxi, each discovery has helped clarify the picture of China’s early history.

This grand narrative of continuity is given tangible form through a national network of 150 major archaeological sites, 65 national archaeological parks, and over 240 on-site museums. Together, they form an indelible material record spanning millions of years of human history, 10,000 years of culture and over 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.

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Arkady Migdal (Аркадий Мигдал) [1911-1991]

China: Scientists Prove 87-Year-Old Soviet Quantum Mechanics Prediction – Made By Arkady Migdal (Аркадий Мигдал) [1911-1991]! (17.1.2026)

The limitation of bourgeois science is that most of its inherent energy must be used to maintain the capitalist system and prevent any developments in understanding that would “question” the efficiency of efficacy of this system. This means that bourgeois science is exclusionary and elitist and exists only to support the capitalists in the exploitation of the masses (arms production is a major component of this oppression). Bourgeois Universities are persecuted by the State if they permit any progressive advancement that draws doubt down upon the capitalist system. Part of this process is the permanent exclusion of the lumpen proletariat from the process and mechanism of science. In the 1920s, a Soviet scientist speculated that “life” chemically formed on Earth due to millions of years of very bad and violent weather conditions (atoms form elements and then molecules, etc – forming the physical “stuff” of existence – a process which must logically lead to “life”) – this theoretical position was practically proven by US scientists in 1959. This effectively (scientifically) proved that the “stuff” of life (and by inference life itself) is not a divine-construct that suddenly appears in a pristine state – initiated by the will of a divine entity. The Human-mind must be externally and internally “freed” so that its full creative capacity can be realised. Not every thought is progressive – but thinking must be encouraged to set this sieving process in motion.

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A Hero Cuban Soldier - Killed by the Forces of Capitalism!

Why is Socialism Obsessed with “Peace” in the Face of Capitalist Aggression? (5.1.2026)

Pursuing “peace” is the only option the Socialist countries possess – as they do not want to walk into the trap of creating a world-war they cannot win – and which will only benefit the US. The material conditions are not yet right for a military defeat to be inflicted on the US. Indeed, keeping the Socialist countries weak whilst continuously building its own arsenal is precisely what the capitalists must do. The bourgeoise must ruthlessly exploit the purest of materialist science to manufacture its war technology – whilst simultaneously propagating religious (and woolly) thinking within the masses to prevent a rebellion amongst its own workers (thus stopping a spontaneous outburst of homegrown Socialism). War is good for greed-based businesses – whilst Socialism is not – Socialism is only good for widespread justice, peace, security, and collective affluence.

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