Robert Anton Wilson
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Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magician. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist. Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope.
…in any sense goes to the pub and has a few pints. And the other one, Swift's very close friend at trinity College, George Barkley Later became a bishop and he is most famous for proving that newton was wrong about the calculus. He got the whole damn…
…of the Irish desire to blow up anything English. Newton was being put forth as the greatest scientist of the time. So Barkley found a mathematical error in newton and they've been arguing about it for the last 300 years but majority opinion is that…
…a mathematical error in newton and they've been arguing about it for the last 300 years but majority opinion is that Barkley won. And then he set forth to prove the universe doesn't exist, which undermines English Imperialism at the root. Barkley's Proof…