From James Waterfield
by e-mail
Timothy Jennings nicely demonstrates the similarities between science and
belief (Letters, 4 January, p 45).
My Oxford English Dictionary derives “silly” firmly from the
Germanic/Teutonic sele (via selly), meaning (roughly) happy,
with no trace of Arabic origin or any meaning of “wise”.
So what do you believe? I go for happiness over wisdom, but then I don’t use
an analyst.
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