BHA has a current campaign “against” Rudolf Steiner schools and Anthroposophy, same as it campaigns against religious faith schools. I’ve noted Steiner and Anthroposophy many times before, but I’ve not come across Steiner as an active education movement until recently, but … Steiner education is based on an esoteric/occultist movement called Anthroposophy, founded by Austrian mystic [...]
Entries from May 2012
Steiner Education
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May 30, 2012 at 10:33am
by Psybertron
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The Pope’s Banker
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May 25, 2012 at 4:28am
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Talking of Godfather III, as we were.
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Desired Outcome ?
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May 24, 2012 at 1:58pm
by Psybertron
So how convoluted is this game. #Breivik, as tweeted by @TrygveSorvaag #Breivik sent a very clear message directly to judges. Saying he will not appeal if he is declared ‘of sound mind’. Personally as you know, I believe for future good of rationality, he should be declared insane (*), even if the psychiatrists fail to identify a [...]
Karakoram / Karakorum
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May 24, 2012 at 1:11pm
by Psybertron
Karakoram has been one of my must visit places since before I’d ever heard of  bucket lists. Heard Karakorum mentioned several times in today’s BBC R4 In Our Time as Marco Polo interacted with the Grand Khan of the Mongol Empire. In fact the Mongol Empire is itself a fascinating piece of history. Political instabilities [...]
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Common Sense
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May 24, 2012 at 12:27pm
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Common sense for government to develop relationship with press / media, even without formal agreements. Said Alastair Campbell this week at the Levenson enquiry. Good excuse to link again to this 8 year old “Wheel of Retribution” re Campbell’s relationship with the BBC back in the days of the Hutton Report. [Via "I believe in [...]
Wisdom of Elders
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May 24, 2012 at 9:32am
by Psybertron
Wisdom has been a topic of Psybertron since the beginning. Several different initiatives trying to move the focus from narrow definitions of knowledge (of so-called objective facts, etc) to wider understanding of how the world really works, and what is …. for the best, for the world and humanity within it. Cosmic man. Of course [...]
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Internet Lies
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May 21, 2012 at 11:05am
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Part of my memetic argument is that easy untruths spread faster than difficult truths. Here’s a test case. Truth is about trust in the author, not hit counts. [Hat Tip to Jorn]
@Quoriana #Breivik Insane or Evil
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May 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
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@Quoriana Does it matter whether #Breivik is insane or just plain evil. This piece questions why the focus on this question. I sympathise with the question. And having lived and worked in Norway for several years, I sympathise with the Norwegian mentality too. I know why this is an interesting question for my rationality agenda, [...]
About Turn
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May 16, 2012 at 3:29pm
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Wonderful to read these two stories in the same day. He’s staying. He’s going. Lawrenson: “I can’t believe for the life of me that they would say, Thank you, but no thank you” Kenny should indeed have a figurehead / upstairs role at Anfield, but his time as the manager of a team of players [...]
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Pirsig on the Beeb
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May 16, 2012 at 12:37pm
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Latest news item from Ant McWatt’s robertpirsig.org announces a 90 minute BBC Radio 4 dramatization of ZMM (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) to be broadcast 23rd June. [Post Note :Â Broadcast Link Here.]
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Not Just Experimental
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May 16, 2012 at 11:34am
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But now a campaign to go the whole hog and remove all UK traffic lights …. See Previous. [and Here] [and Here]
Master and Emissary
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May 4, 2012 at 8:44am
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Iain McGilchrist talking with Bryan Appleyard at the Wellcome Foundation brain exhibition. Thanks to David Morey for the link on Facebook. Timely in view of my reading of Haidt’s Righteous Mind. Interesting, the idea that the right brain understands why it needs the left, but the left doesn’t understand why it needs the right – [...]
