Observations on the world and its inhabitants
Well, this is bound to be a cure for insomnia for ‘some people’. Yuh know, “What are they saying?!! It’s so confusing – gone straight over my head! Zzzzzzz!” Transcendence is a philosophical concept with crosses over into religious and spiritual concepts. To learn less do not read this. Extending the reach of conscious awareness … Read more
The things I’ve heard about him are of the following kind, ‘he’s weird’ and ‘he’s spoken some nonsense about [blah blah]’. Some people only remember a headline that went like, Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer patient her life is ‘less valuable’ – which was spread across several tabloid and broadsheets. The woman with … Read more
Humans are driven by various things. Some will again be jumping on the net to Google everything, instead of thinking. Those who read pop-psychology will be about to lecture me on ‘needs’ which drive people i.e. things like primary (as per Freud) and secondary needs (as per Maslow). I have no argument that people need … Read more
For quite some time I’ve been thinking that there must be a term to describe something I was observing over the last 25 years. Then I finally found it by accident today! This is not a lecture – just in case. I found it in Bo Bennett’s book ‘Uncomfortable Ideas‘. Definition The Semmelweis reflex is … Read more
All technology is ‘confusing’ to most people. Read that again – carefully this time. Anything that is new, is on ‘computers’ and requires thinking through more than two steps – is confusing. Look, I’m not debating it – the latter is what I have seen repeatedly. Right – let me get on with the OneDrive … Read more
Yes words are cheap. It don’t cost much to say, “I care” or “I’m sorry” or “I love you“. You don’t have to pay to say these sorts of things. It’s totally free! And somebody is gonna say ‘obviously’. Well, tough! I’ll say the obvious. I was going to write this blog as ‘What is … Read more
What a bold assertion – ‘Reading is dead’? I’ll explain what I mean as I go on. Experiences in the last few years have led me to conclude that people actually: Don’t read Don’t find information to read of their own volition. Even if they read, quickly report ‘It’s confusing‘ or ‘I don’t understand‘ or … Read more
What is the ‘public domain’? This came up recently (Saturday 18th Sept 2021), in a telephone conversation. I had emailed a certain (nameless) medical professional earlier that day, in the context of business i.e. not some sort of social contact. In that email I said: This email address from which I correspond with you is … Read more
Recently I had the experience of communicating with another person who spoke mostly French. I speak only English – sorry (like I’m not). Both of us were using Microsoft Translate App. Those who haven’t caught up will be nosily interested in whether this is a male or female person. It is a male person, and … Read more
Sure – it’s another book; available on Scribd. Did say people who read this have to buy it? I did not. This post was in draft form for several months before publication today. Book review – this is not. Over the last 9 months. I’ve been studying cognitive and conative aspects of human nature, via … Read more