If someone is fearmongering about global warming, they are dead wrong. Image credit Pixabay I recently published a story about Factfulness by Hans Rosling. It is a brilliant book and I urge every thinking person to read it. This book challenged my own deeply-held views about…
Category: philosophy
The Ultimate Anti-Trump Textbook
Factfulness by Hans Rosling; this book made me see the world in a startling new way. I like to regard myself as a reasonably intelligent, well-educated, well-read, and observant woman. I keep up with current affairs, I have travelled widely,…
Such fellows!
There is a passage in Plato’s dialogue Gorgias whichI love. Two and a half thousand years ago, and these fellows are still with us. It speaks to the present moment; we might think we live in a different world to that…
Intense military
Ten Sigma by Andrew Wang is a bit of a strange creature. Science fiction, military, thriller, psychodrama. Something to satisfy every fan, I guess. Science fiction, in that it deals with a future world, an extension of our own, where war, division,…
Steam of Consciousness
My current read is Ten Sigma by A W Wang, another new author with only one published book. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm enjoying the journey. A review to follow in due course. The premise of what I've…
Yes, Virginia, there is a God
https://youtu.be/-o9kuZcQMU8 Here's a chap literally preaching to the converted. He's not pursuing any sort of rational argument; you can tell that from his tone. But even if he were, there's two ways to shoot down his argument. First is that…
The three antigraces
Yesterday I wrote about the three wisdoms (or graces, in the Eastern tradition). These are the sources of knowledge: the intellect, the teacher, the texts.There is a fourth grace. The self. Nothing happens without your involvement.Today, the three anti-graces. These…
The three wisdoms
The philosophical school of thought I follow draws on many sources, and one of them is in the Eastern tradition. Sanskrit terms are used to create an abstract model of "the subtle realm". Navigation through this world is not through…
Where does truth lie?
It seems that I am not just sighing into the breeze. A recent post on not just your Mum's favourite website but mine as well - the unique and merry site Tehben.com - references some of my philosophical thoughts.Go, read…
Rugged
This jumped out at me recently. Not literally, but just the sheer visual impact of it. Raised my camera and snapped off a shot. What a ripper! It looks like something out of a science fiction film just standing there.…
