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About living in a Behavioural Sink

About living in a Behavioural Sink

March 9, 2023 The fish rots from the head down. Recently one of my fellow blogsters put up a piece complaining about the decline of human behaviour in the syndemic age. She referenced it to the famed Calhoun experiments with “rat paradises”. This produced some discussion. I have decided it

Failure of Logic

Failure of Logic

March 15, 2023 Logic must apply to all of reality. I have been blogging now for three years. My aim has been, first of all, to try to apply proper thinking skills to the important topics of the times. These are mostly about putting in place institutions which can secure

A Bad Time to be Old

A Bad Time to be Old

April 1, 2023 A Letter to Family in Disturbing Times I live in Toronto. Much of my family still live in Alberta. Most of them do not like me. Some are more progressive. I sometimes go back ‘home’ for a visit. With covid, that has not been possible for some

The Climate Xhosa

The Climate Xhosa

April 25, 2023 inducing entire populations to self destruct Once upon a time there was a large tribe in South Africa called the Xhosa. They lived by raising beef cattle and planting maize. Their political structure was very decentralized, with a high chief presiding over a large number of clan

About Human Design Flaws.

About Human Design Flaws.

August 30, 2023 It is time for me to engage in some misanthropism I am now going to dip my quill into my inkpot and mess up some parchment about the wickedness of mankind outside my sealed off and secure little world. I really have become something like a monk

Gaza; No Way Out

Gaza; No Way Out

October 20, 2023 It could not be clearer what side right is on. The latest Gaza war has been rolling for over a week now. I have been watching the situation, making sure I understood things before commenting. But there is no way for me to avoid writing about it.

Covid and Occam’s Razor.

Covid and Occam’s Razor.

Covid and Occam’s Razor. November 10, 2023 Using Abductive reasoning about The Pandemic. I originally wrote this some time ago. It got a lot of reads then, but reading back over it I find that it needed some revision. It needed to be clearer. It explains very well why