Ingenting kommer ur ingenting – vad medeltiden kan lära oss om framtiden

Shakespeare byggde sina dramer på medeltida krönikor. Astrid Lindgren lånade motiv från gamla riddarromaner. Medeltidsforskaren Sofia Lodén återvänder till latinets ex nihilo nihil fit – ingenting kommer ur ingenting – för att visa hur äldre berättelser kan

Sammanhang: ...Repliken Nothing will come of nothing anspelar på den latinska frasen ex nihilo nihil fit, ”ingenting kommer ur ingenting”. En replik som onekligen passar bra i sammanhanget. ...

Omnämnda platser: Normandie, Barnbiblioteket Saga, Europa. Omnämnda personer: Kung Magnus Eriksson, Kung Lear, Hertig Fredrik.

”Scientists Portrayed as Mass Murderers”

For a Swedish version, read here. Outside an underground lecture hall at Tokyo University a crowd is bustling. Neuroscientists, psychologists, physicists, computer scientists and other experts have gathered here to discuss consciousness – the elusive inner

Sammanhang: ...David Chalmers had bet against him, doubting that the dream would come true. Years later, they realized no one could remember exactly how the bet had been formulated. It seemed impossible to declare a winner. ...

Omnämnda platser: Photo, Conducting, Venice. Omnämnda personer: John Lennon, with questions, Philip Goff.