Note this is an old post that I forgot to publish!! I care about truth. Of course I care about other things too, but that is not the purpose of this post. The purpose of this post it to ask the question “why do smart people often care so little […]
Critical thinking
Carl Sagan’s amazing perspective – we need our own in South Africa, to get thinking back on the social and political agenda. Who is willing to step up?
Science as a way of thinking: something we need ...
I have citizenship in two countries, something that sometimes is hard for people to understand. This is particularly true for people who have not travelled, or lived in another country, or who have not thought about what countries actually are in reality. A few days ago, someone asked me which […]
The fiction of countries
I always thought the organised untruths were the worst that humanity had, things like religion, race, ethnicity, healthfoods, alternative medicine, but bullshit is also pretty awful. This video was made to promote philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt’s book On Bullshit published January 30, 2005. Another thing seekers of the truth needs […]
A world without bullshit would be more interesting
In response to the absurd tweets by trade unionist Zwelenzima Vavi and former Gauteng Premier and ANC member of Parliament, Dr Mathole Motshekga, I made a post to Facebook as follows: We are all grandchildren, children and parents of apes. What is the big deal? Better than than the creations of […]
Loosely off topic conversations with a “Christian” on Facebook
Today is Sunday, a day when supposedly over 2.2 billion of the World’s 7+ Billion people are supposed to worship a variety of entities that differ from person to person, but for which there is not a single shred of empirical evidence. In my case, I give thanks to the […]
Giving thanks and pondering the future
I went for a short visit to the future, and I came across these history notes. I thought I would share them with you. Earth June 27, 2115 100 years ago today, the Earth was a very different place. You may be surprised just how different it was. Here are […]