Psychology
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Leaning in too far
Quite a few years ago I had a step son, he’d be an adult now of about 26. Maybe he has a family of his own and he’s as happy as can be, don’t know, I don’t often think about him. The point is I once had a son, so I kind of know, think… Continue reading
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Resentment
For me, frustration is anger that wishes to, but cannot, be released. Anger that can be released is satisfied, sated, you can go on, move past and not be angry any longer because you have in some way acted. But anger that is mixed with hope is disappointment, and disappointment restrained by the worry that… Continue reading
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Deception again
Here we are back again discussing deception. I love this subject, I have a deep interest in thinking about power, narrative, and the result on people of hearing stories. I often find myself relating a process or problem with a story myself, one that explains context and conveys understanding much better than the technical explanation… Continue reading
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Dead horse
Native Americans have a saying that means something akin to “when a horse is dead it’s time to dismount”. Einstein repeated the same sort of sentiment when he suggested that a sign of stupidity, real stupidity, was to repeat what has many times not worked, what in fact has never worked, yet to hope for… Continue reading
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People watching
We are at the services in Gloucester having coffee and a snack, we have been to many many services in the last few years as Em often needs the loo, I’m told it’s a woman thing, who am I to disagree? People Watching is not just a 2025 song by Sam Fender, it’s a phenomenon… Continue reading
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Inventing our own stupidity
I watch a lot of YouTube videos, not the ones with cats though, the ones where ideas are posted and discussed. I, like everyone else, form my ideas and thoughts as a mash-up of other people’s thoughts and output, that which I find compelling, not pleasing, compelling in an intellectual sense, then I perform a… Continue reading
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Find the right reasons
I’m convinced that the constant focus on pornography and violence is a distraction from what is really wrong. A subject that the media, owned by those that benefit most from peddling the false porn and violence narrative, refuses to speak on. Inequality, and every social malady it drives, that is the real problem. I’m not… Continue reading
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A most miserable happiness
I’m a big fan of reality, telling the truth, representing yourself as the flawed human you are rather than the modern overprotected ego creation I described in earlier posts. For this reason I am often drawn to the philosophy written by critical thinkers. The masters of suspicion as Roderick references some of them in one… Continue reading
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Seeking negativity
After a days work I may sit down to read a book, watch the news, or maybe a film. I wish to escape my own circumstances in some way so I engage my mind in the elsewhere. you do this too I’ll bet. Now I have many choices, but a quite common one for some… Continue reading
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I met an horrific person
A car crashes and people die, the witnesses tell people how they felt about what happened, what a surprise it was to them that it happened, how they were ill prepared for it happening, how it has potentially impacted the thing that they were on their way to do. It’s almost impossible for them to… Continue reading
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