Orson’s not British

The 18th century Captain Steven Rogers was a blacksmith in NY; he didn’t own any slaves

Claude Shannon

“Although it is clear that Lady Lovelace was a woman of considerable interest and talent, and it is clear that she understood to a very considerable degree Babbage’s ideas about the general character and significance of the Analytical Engine, and expressed them well in her notes to Menabrea’s paper, it is equally…

Lovecraft was a militant atheist, and atheists tended not to do so well in the Middle Ages....

No, under English law witches could be hanged. For example, note the career of Mathew Hopkins (the so-called “Witchfinder-General”) during the 1640s.

An excellent point. I can’t believe how many people think that witches in Old and New England were burnt at the stake. Under English law, witches were hanged.

In both New And Old England, witches were hanged, not burnt at the stake. Joan of Arc was executed on the Continent.