Unrelated items, in no particular order
I didn’t realize Charlie Cox, who plays (played) Daredevil on Netflix, was British. Here’s other performers who had me fooled:
- Rachel Taylor, who plays Trish on Jessica Jones, is Australian.
- So is Eka Darville, who plays Malcom on the same show.
- Yvonne Strahovski, Serena Joy on The Handmaid’s Tale, is also Australian.
- Max Minghella, who plays Nick on the same show, is British.
- So is Dominic Cooper, the title character from Preacher.
- So is Tom Payne, who played Jesus on The Walking Dead. I already knew about Andrew Lincoln and Lennie James.
Joseph Fiennes on The Handmaid’s Tale is also British, but I remember him from Shakespeare in Love, so he didn’t have me fooled. I must find an American actor or actress I thought was British.
I’ve learned about the “deepity.” According to Daniel Dennett:
A deepity is a proposition that seems to be profound because it is actually logically ill-formed. It has (at least) two readings and balances precariously between them. On one reading it is true but trivial. And on another reading it is false, but would be earth-shattering if true.
Examples include:
If this has you interested, check out this article, that unpacks some deepities for you: https://quillette.com/2018/10/16/deepities-and-the-politics-of-pseudo-profundity/
New York Magazine published an article on the top 100 pens. I don’t know which is worse:
- I’m proud that I use the #1 pen, the Baron Fig Squire. I even wrote the draft for this blog with it. Worth the money.
- Multiple Facebook friends shared the article, what does that say about us?
- My actual favorite pen, the Lamy Safari fountain pen, is #62. No one will ever steal this pen.
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