Language
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When did we stop being reasonable?
Polarisation, the process where by one’s perspective is either wholly at one extreme of the spectrometer, or it is as far the other way from the equilibrium. For folks now it seems that commitment, surety projected, subjective position stated strongly as if it stands as a fact (an objective, demonstrable, and measurable reality), is what Continue reading
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Formed, by nitwits
I have a very basic rule I use when I create any type of user data gathering mechanism. If you make a method for others to input data into, and you then have to teach those people how to use it, or if you have to write more than a few lines to explain it, Continue reading
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Deliberate Abstract
When a circus is in town they put up posters, you could see and know it was a circus flyer from the back of a galloping horse as you passed, you’d likely even catch the venue and date. Yet when you see a planning application stapled to a telegraph pole, that fucker couldn’t be harder Continue reading
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Three Chairs
I caught this radio show on BBC Radio 4 called Word of Mouth – 23.01.25 Word of Mouth with Jackie Kay talking about the Scots language, and as usual I started thinking about what she was saying. Her perspective was that the maintenance of a local language ensured the survival of a local culture, and Continue reading
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Get ahead of it
I don’t know if there is a word for it, the infuriating effect of where a person challenges you not to challenge them. Specifically by using the first conveyance of information between you both to set a barrier up to what can be said. Often now, the first thing you know about a person is Continue reading
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Was this always a tactic?
Ok, so I’m not saying I believe this is going on, but I do wonder, and I do like to speculate. The case is a prominent musical icon who is enjoying a rather purple patch in her career right now. One where it might be almost impossible to avoid her in media. I remember this Continue reading
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A distinction of wrongs
Today I return to a fascinating and oft misunderstood facet of human freedom, the argument against having our words restrained before we say them. Wallace, not the guy with the dog, has been in the news and we’re all making judgements as usual on what he is accused of. At the point of writing this Continue reading
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Revisiting mistruths
Every philosopher is on a quest to write something that changes the way the person who reads it thinks, a search for some compelling argument. Not truth as we might contend, persuasion would be a better term. What is verifiable through testing is scientific fact, those are not arguable in the same way as the Continue reading
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An argument on the pre-Holocene
Induce or deduce the existing object. Two men argue about far back human history, one uses inductive reasoning, the other deductive, both are wrong and correct at the same time. Person one observes the objects made by man and concludes that these are the products of civilisations during the Holocene, the other sees the same Continue reading
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Correct, still an asshole maybe
I’m talking about Elon Musk, maybe he’ll sue me over this piece, though that would be pointless as I have nothing. He is correct in what he is doing however, letting his X platform host whatever from whomever. Before you react, let’s examine why I think this… I’m not a journalist, but I write. I’m Continue reading
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