Within this part of the blog you will find me writing about all sorts of different topics – there is no particular structure so please use the tags and the search to navigate around posts which talk about similar thoughts.
Should Everyone Be Woke
Today I did something that I have never done before – I had a ‘conversation’ with Copilot. I’m not sure how often I would repeat this, but I did find it to be more illuminating than I expected.
Its How You Say It
I was surprised that looking back in my blog this subject doesn’t seem to have cropped up before – even though it is definitely something that I have – over the years – given some thought to. So now we will rectify that a bit.
Always Too Young To Know Everything
I’ve been prompted to write something on this subject by a couple of videos that popped up as recommended on my YouTube feed this week – although it is also in many ways following on from my previous post when it comes to being well informed and the Dunning-Kruger effect. The idea, of course, is fundamental to the purpose of this blog – i.e. to continue to learn and to constantly remind yourself that there is much yet to be known.
The (dis)Information Age
Much has already been written and said about the current state of US politics by people who are much wiser than me. Of course, probably much more has been written by others 😂. It is undoubtedly true that – for anyone – anything that threatens ‘their’ world view will be seen as ‘bad’ – that is, I think, an inbuilt knee-jerk response. For that reason, initial (and perhaps ill-considered) reactions are often not a good representation of ‘reality’ – and we will come to how much is ‘real’ in a moment.
Need to Clarify/Update my Thinking on This
The previous post on unreachable tracks put forward some thoughts on a diagram. Since posting that I have had a significant change of mind in terms of the ‘accuracy’ of the diagram.
Are Some Tracks Forever Out Of Reach
This post is a sort of follow on to The Train Of Life (if anything) from some time ago. It was triggered yesterday by seeing a figure that seemingly was first tweeted back in 2021, but which was new to me.
If Nothing Changes, Does Nothing Change
The quote (attributed to a few people) “if nothing changes, nothing changes” came into my knowledge bank today! As usual with this sort of thing it got me thinking – never a good sign…… and the result is that I want to put it into the context of my own worldview.
Who DO We Meet in Heaven
This post has been ‘brewing’ for some time without making it into the blog! For the purposes of this bit of writing we shall ignore the many mysteries surrounding the ideas of heaven and hell and simply assume that there is really a “good place” that we can all aim to attain. Some of those mysteries, by the nature of the question will need to be mentioned (but certainly not resolved) as we explore who we will meet there.
A Case In Point
A prime example of the sort of thing I was talking about in my two previous posts is the upcoming vote in the House of Commons regarding assisted dying. In fact, not only will many be uninformed about all of the things that impact this topic, I would also argue that much of the discussion actually is centered around things which are not just unknown, but unknowable.