What, Why & How do we Know ?
A new overload of bookmarked pages to capture. Life remains complicated for reading and writing for domestic and work reasons, so I’ll dump most here without reading or reviewing in detail for now. Resources for later. Philip Goff on this old chestnut … Hacking, White and McGrath all referenced (but not Anthropics …) ‘Is the … Continue reading “Link Dump”
Busy, Busy, Busy. Mentioned strange times regarding work-load and productivity a few posts ago; my pipeline stuffed with unread bookmarks and unresolved references, and a to-do-list with at least seven dimensions of priorities to juggle, personally and professionally. Not exactly “treading water”, but difficult to discern progress going anywhere. Ironic that the immediately previous Wittgensteinian … Continue reading “A remarkable book. It changes everything.”
It’s fair to say 2020 wasn’t the year most of us were expecting, and it’s not over yet. It’s been a very long 2020. As well as the culmination of the self-inflicted BoJo/Brexit/Trump insanities that meant UK and US were distracted from what really needed attention in the world at large (Chinese Uyghurs anyone? Climate … Continue reading “We Can Be Heroes in 2021”
Is Trump right or isn’t he? As I say, even a fuckwit is right half the time, but the “cause” of forest fires isn’t a simply binary (political poll) question. Forest fires are natural, a natural part of the cycle of change that brings us evolution over time. The planet needs them. The reason we’re … Continue reading “Trump, the Cause of Forest Fire Carnage?”
The current story about the leak from the UK National Security Council (NSC) is important because it has nothing to do with Huawei (or Brexit, or Trump, or Climate change, or anything other than leaky security). People are thoroughly used to participants briefing leaks from “internal” meetings – all sides do it to fly their … Continue reading “Leaky Briefs – Trust In Confidence”
“Hold that thought” quickie post only … Autism – Greta Thunberg case adds to the list of scientism driven by autism. Previous example is Chris Packham, but it’s a general issue historically with scientism and autistic economics and politics. People who are proud of their autism – which is fine as individual differences and contributions … Continue reading “And Another Thing …”
This is a further follow-up to my Extinction Rebellion piece from yesterday, (which was itself a follow-up from a couple of days before) and to which I had already added many post notes live yesterday from social media. Things are moving very fast when it comes to climate change 😉 Loads of tweeters and media … Continue reading “Right Analysis, Wrong Conclusion?”
The environmental impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change is the biggest problem facing humanity, because it is the greatest consequence of humanity’s greatest failure. Our existential crisis. There is no Planet B. Don’t know about you, but until someone glued themselves to a DLR train this morning I’d never heard of global warming. — (((Dan Hodges))) … Continue reading “Down With This Sort of Thing”