Our first stately home visit of 2025 took us to Althorp near Northampton.
George McConnell
A Thought Provoking Essay
One of the links in my Trough of useful sources is to what used to be called Brain Pickings but has now been retitled The Marginalian. I receive regular emails with short essays on a whole range of subjects which often contain things that are very insightful.
Navigating the Evolving Mechanisms for Maintaining Friendships
Well. that title is a bit of a mouthful. I have on many occasions within this blog talked about my thoughts regarding friends and friendships. In this post I Intend to consider how it is necessary to amend how those friendships are maintained both from the point of view of getting further through life and the perhaps more disruptive point of view of how technology has changed things.
My Hernia Convalescence
My Hernia Surgery
My Hernia Adventure
A Worrying Epidemic of Intolerance of “Them”
This is certainly not a new topic within this blog although it has perhaps not been explicit for a while. I think the last time I waxed lyrical on Usandthemism was in this post. So many instances of this ‘disease’ crop up pretty much daily – and the problem is that most of the examples are far more complex and nuanced than most people are willing (or perhaps able) to perceive.
A Quote Affirming the Purpose of this Blog
I have – on many occasions – in these writings mentioned the cognitive bias that is termed “the Dunning Kruger Effect”. That stems from the results of some psychological based tests. Many have stated (perhaps with less research behind it) in alternative forms and I came across this one today from a philosopher.
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(Im)Plausible Deniability
Given that the whole ethos of my blog here is that there is a lot we do not know and we should all be much more ready to accept that and be much more willing to say “I don’t know” you might well be surprised that this post is – in some ways – railing against folks who “don’t know”.