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Continue reading →: Heidegger’s Cat? No, it’s Schrödinger’s
See quantum error blog posted 16 December 2014 Beware the folly of copying text without checking its veracity – oops. How to understand quantum mechanics? A quick google to check the spelling of Heidegger gave me this website [no longer valid website] “The example of the probability wave staying unreal…
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Continue reading →: Weed
Is it good or evil? A plant that may be wild or unattractive, is often uprooted and burnt. The aroma of burning weeds can be nauseating and an insult to the gods. Sacrificing a goat is not so easy these days, but if barbecued meat is your thing,you’ll know where…
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Continue reading →: Socratic Justice
Socrates wrote nothing down, preferring to debate with others in order to draw out knowledge. The Deplhic oracle described him as the wisest of men, because he knew that he knew nothing. Socrates linked wisdom with virtue and saw his own way of life as unassailably just. In ‘The Apology’…
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Continue reading →: ought
Ought is a word that signifies responsibility for an action. This tentative definition implies that we will always know how that responsibility should be exercised. Immanuel Kant springs to mind. His thoughts on the matter should make matters clearer – after a little googling I came across this website http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/kant.html Categorical…
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Continue reading →: Perception, consciousness and rugby
How do we know what we know? Doubting everything apart from our own thoughts seems a bit of a cop out, particularly if you end up making your conclusions fit some notion of spirituality. Why not question the notion of self and the uniqueness of brain activity? The interconnectedness of…
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Continue reading →: Life
Starting at the beginning, is conception a sacred act or merely a biological necessity for all species? It could well be both, as long as you don’t get tangled up in the debate about other animals’ souls. The act of procreation varies only slightly across the species, male to female…
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Continue reading →: Shrove Tuesday – who gives a toss?
The outrageous title gives it away, doesn’t it? I do give a toss, and those who shun tossing in favour of heating up some pale imitation of a pancake, clearly don’t give a toss. They may hold to the view that their way is better, but they’d be full of…
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Continue reading →: A change is as good as a rest to a dead donkey
Why change things? Without a valid motive, change becomes an irritating upheaval. Governments can get elected on the impact of the word ‘change’, creating the illusion that change is all that is required to make a better world. Chairman Mao liked change so much, he kept having mini revolutions just…
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Continue reading →: speed writing 103
On the subject of structure, there’s nothing wrong with keeping it simple. Introduction, main body and concluding bit makes life dead easy for the reader, if a bit predictable. But predictability might be the comfort blanket that both writer and reader need. Yer man Archer, the Mills and Boone formula,…
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Continue reading →: speed writing 102
Alright, sometimes just churning stuff out is not the way to go. Particularly, if you are not good at the word selection – you will end up spending a significantly longer time editing (rewriting) and that could kill off the creative juices. It is always useful to have a vague…
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