Psychology
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A difficult question with an likely unsatisfactory answer..
So, trying to be as diplomatic as possible, and not get myself into trouble, I ask Em a question. It occurred to me that sometimes I considered that women are often irrational, and sometimes slaves to their current emotions in a way that men tend not to be. Now that is a generalisation, yes, but Continue reading
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A good life
The most important philosophy is the good life, unfortunately nobody has ever been able to define what this is satisfactorily. Every philosopher in history has been trying to give humanity their take on what is the best way to live, personally, spiritually, or structurally. Mozi is the origin of the golden rule, where the treatment Continue reading
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A changing river
“No man ever steps in the same river twice” Heraclitus Meaning that everything changes, all the time. The river you stepped in that one time has changed now, it may be the same river nominally, but it is not made of the same material. The water and the fish are not the same, the banks Continue reading
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A very big picture, painted with a very small brush
Why are we all scared? Statistically we are safer than we have ever been. Pinker wrote the book “the better angels of our nature”, in it he claims that research has shown that this era is less violent, less cruel, and more peaceful than any period in history. Walking with my fiancé we discussed the Continue reading
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Black and white perspectives
You don’t have to hate anything, hatred is a self harming emotion, you could be indifferent, apathetic, toward any subject or object you choose. I like cats, some people are not fond of them, but that is not the same thing as hating cats and everything about them. The person who says “I hate cats” Continue reading
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A writing wish
If there is one TV series I wish I’d written it would be black mirror, it’s just so fudging clever. Most Sci-fi and fantasy, not sure this is the correct genre, postulates the idea of an alternative, a future trajectory, a misunderstood past event, or a clean slate after a disaster. Some imagine myths, some Continue reading
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Human moments, Human structures, Human folly…
We find ourselves at a funeral. Happening is a human moment, one of mourning, where people feel and express the emotions that come to them while they focus mostly on what the person who has died meant to them, and somewhat on the other people who are attending. They’re thinking they haven’t seen this or Continue reading
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Inferred, Suggested, insinuated…
I’m about to say some controversial things, they may upset, they may annoy, but I do this. Read it with an open mind, then decide. As ever, I am not an expert and I’m willing to be dead wrong… All advertisements are basically a load of bollocks, and because of them, and other tv shows Continue reading
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What is pleasing and what is not.
The altruistic act is oft misunderstood, as misunderstood as the self-regarding act. Most acts are arguably self-regarding, and it is important to bear in mind that if they seem, on quick inspection, to be for others, they may be ultimately be for the self. In fact I would go as far as to say that Continue reading
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What to say today?
Often I have no idea what I am going to write, I just sit down and a rant falls out of my fingers. Let’s face it, that’s what my post are usually about, something that’s been weighing on my mind, something that irks me. Today though I watched an episode of Luther (UK Tv Drama, Continue reading
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