Posted here because he designed the Fireball class of sailboats. I had a lot of fun sailing a Fireball as teen. I hadn't thought about racing our Fireball in a long time.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... Milne.html
RIP Peter Milne
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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RIP Peter Milne
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Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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