philosophy
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Protection racket
For those that value privacy over safety I have to ask, what have you got to hide? What I have to hide is… The things you would use against me if you knew me so well you could predict my reactions to your actions. To measure is to improve, that is a true statement, but… Continue reading
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The day the TV turns you off.
I fear social media just as you do, I see it as a force for possible good that will of course be used by the powerful to cement their power if they are able. And if it cannot be used by them they will act to curb it by creating a non-statistics based fear, a… Continue reading
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The weakest of all men
The pope is the weakest, most scared of all men on earth. That’s a bold accusation but I intend to tell you why I have come to that conclusion. As usual I’ll be criticising religion, but also the person psychologically. Bear in mind I don’t dislike the guy, nor do I dislike his policies, I… Continue reading
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The Refusal to measure…
The wannabe king has replaced anyone that disagrees with his vision of how things are, not how things should be, bear in mind that these are very different things. One is something we could prove, the other is a trajectory wish. The reason he does this is he wants to be able to say things… Continue reading
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Evolves to destruction
Religion will of course evolve toward destruction, maybe never being totally gone though, if it is allowed to evolve that is. What I mean is that any religion born of ignorance will face off against science and discovery until it gives so much ground that it remains only as a thematic, and not a series… Continue reading
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Sexually disappointed professional smilers
I’ve used that title very deliberately, mainly because I wish to speculate, as I often do. And as usual I have to point out I have no proof that what I am about to say is verifiable, it just makes sense to me, and it’s interesting to think about… It strikes me that if we… Continue reading
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An argument against Omission
I’m going to skip around certain political happenings in a post that doesn’t go anywhere or come to any conclusion. It’s just a wander around some of the things I wanted to say as if they were the unfinished, hardly started notes lying on a desk in no particular order. I may ramble, but as… Continue reading
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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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Endings
I’ve been on a counselling course. Everything you learn in life is a good thing, even the hard lessons. This wasn’t one of those tough ones though, it was a surprisingly rewarding and interesting experience, and I’m glad I participated. Now I’m not going to review the course in this blog, much more interesting is… Continue reading
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A horse to water
William Buckley’s words were sophisticated, maybe too much so for the audience he was speaking to, and certainly we would not recognise the style now as something we could relate to. Such assuredness and confidence oozing out of each elongated sentence, performance notes in the execution of every critical word, pauses timed and positioned with… Continue reading
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