Category: CW
The nature and danger of belief
I should have been spending time on Netflix – but over the last few hours (near midnight on 22nd Jan 2022), I came across the video below (which could disappear). It’s about Dawkins among a panel and a bunch of people in the audience. This triggered me to explore –Read More
Losing more so-called friends – resolution for 2022
In 2022 – I aim to lose one more so-called friend. Did I say friend? I did not. I have no friends, so it’s always so-called friends. They’re not many anyway – so it’s easy to happen really. Stupid: What? You’re going to die alone a grumpy old man! CW:Read More
Fragile with power
What on earth am I on about now!? I ‘heard’ hundreds thinking it. Calm down. This is metaphor. Oh dear I should be more cautious really cuz it’s a new world where metaphor has been replaced by the concretised thinking often seen on social media. Yuh know – this isRead More
The Name of the Game
Those who don’t know Abba should crawl under a rock and remain there forever! Some will – of course – only see short skirts. Jeez! Amirite – againnnn? Of course I am! Those who need to be told what the song means should head here!
Apprehending the transcendent
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. ExtendingRead More
How the humans are driven
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 haveRead More
The Semmelweis Reflex
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‘.Read More