What, Why & How do we Know ?
This is trending in the twittersphere (via @rickygervais who else?) Post – My son is 15 he gave his heart to the Lord when he was 4, but now he claims to be an atheist. I’ve been praying for him day and night I don’t know what else to do. PLEASE help. Response (example) – … Continue reading “Battle Lines @rickygervais”
Been reading around Philip Pullman since discovering earlier this year he was a beacon of hope in the BHA (British Humanist Association) and that he’d received the BHA award for services to humanism in 2011. (I guess in that context Dawkins‘ award in 2012 counts as balance?) I’ve been a humanist since I recognised the … Continue reading “Pullman on Blake”
Sieving Electrons ?Classification, literally meaning fitering by pass / no-pass screening or sieving.Even Pirsig (Lila) talks about classification in a strictly (classical) binary fashion, when a thought struck me. There is surely some parallel between emergent “quantum computing” QuBits being non-binary / dualist, and the wave / particle duality experienced when “sieving” (classifying) electrons through … Continue reading “Sieving Electrons – Classification with Emergent Patterns”
I feel the need to comment on the recent Boris bollox since it conflates several topics I’ve written about at length before. This tweet from @Whoozley sets the agenda fair enough: 1 Banning niqab/burqa or attacking people who wear it is wrong 2 Everyone has right to wear what they choose 3 …”choose” in context … Continue reading “The Boris Burqa Brouhaha”
It’s become a industrial strength polarising meme in its own right, to cast Jordan Peterson and anyone who finds sense in his thinking as naive boys or unreconstructed misogynist lads or indeed something altogether more sinister. Your mcm https://t.co/I7oOTlJx6N — Adam Banks (@adambanksdotcom) March 15, 2018 “Masculinity is order, symbolically and femininity is chaos, symbolically. But … Continue reading “Taking Down Jordan Peterson”
Fascinating responses to this Grauniad CiF piece on Jordan Peterson – introducing him to new people who’ve maybe heard he has a fan base as well as vocal detractors. The kind of controversy that sells tickets. Now don’t get me wrong, I do do obsessive fandom of humans I love from afar, but I’m no … Continue reading “Fan Base vs Actually Listening to Content”
I’ve cited (for example only) C J Werleman and Anne-Marie Waters as activist-commentators who undoubtedly “get it” and are undoubdtedly committed to making change for the better for all of us, however flawed their individual approaches. Helping to escape the mess we’re sliding into. And I say that even though both engage in the kind of … Continue reading “Israel & the Middle-East Problem”
Interestingly, one of the BHA’s “Thought for the Commute” posters is Peter Tatchell saying: “The Beatles were right, All you need is love.” I couldn’t agree more. One of my long-running threads here on Psybertron goes by the tag #whatsofunnybout (peace, love and understanding). It’s at root behind my three rules of dialogue – (Respect, … Continue reading ““All You Need Is Love” – a profoundly religious statement of faith in humanity @bhahumanists”