Skip to content

Psybertron Asks

What, Why & How do we Know ?

Psybertron Asks

Year: 2006

The Crack Cocaine of the Thinking World

The Edge annual question (and answers) for 2006 is up on their site. (My post header is from the BBC quote about The Edge.) This year’s theme is “Dangerous Ideas” – things that might actually be true.

I’ll post more when I’ve distilled a few of my favourite answers from the great and the good.

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email

Like this:

Like Loading...
Author PsybertronPosted on January 2, 2006Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on The Crack Cocaine of the Thinking World

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 18 Page 19

SEARCH PSYBERTRON

Free Updates via Email

Psybertron Asks is the Epistemological blog of Ian Glendinning since 2001.

Interact via @psybertron (on LinkedIn or Twitter or BlueSky or Mastodon or Discord or Medium or Substack or UnHerd or ... etc.) or via Wordpress comments below and alongside each post.

In-person meet-ups?
  • Fri 4 and Sat 5 April
  • - Iain McGilchrist at Oxford Litfest
  • Thu 10 April
  • - Mike Jackson Lecture in Hull
  • Sat 19 April
  • - Stockton Calling
  • Thu 8 May
  • - Pogues in Newcastle
  • Fri 23 to Sat 24 May
  • - HTLGI at Hay-on-Wye
  • Fri 30 May
  • - PiL in Newcastle
  • Fri 13 June
  • - Joe Satriani in York
  • Fri 11 to Tue 15 July
  • - ISSS in Birmingham
  • Fri 1 Aug
  • - PiL in Holmfirth
  • Always open to suggestions in N.E.England - events, gigs, pubs.
  • Gift Me a Book? Here's My Wish List (NB Refresh / Clear Cache). My local bookshop is The Guisborough Bookshop. Support yours at Bookshop.Org

    Recent Posts

    • Pragmatism in Birmingham
    • After Moby Dick?
    • ‘Saul Over
    • How’s the writing going Ian?

    Recent Comments

    • Psybertron on How’s the writing going Ian?
    • AJOwens on How’s the writing going Ian?
    • Psybertron on Breaking Baby Blue
    • Mark Hammonds on Breaking Baby Blue
    • antlerboy - Benjamin P Taylor on What Am I Not Reading?

    Also on Psybertron

    • Rules of Engagement
    • Manifesto
    • Original Blogroll
    • Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages
    • Gallery

    All Previous Posts

    Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    Psybertron Asks Proudly powered by WordPress
    %d