Cthulhuocene
HP Lovecraft’s story, The Call of Cthulhu, opens with some of the most famous lines of horror literature: The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We...
Read MoreAug 29, 2019 | Problems of Transition and Change
HP Lovecraft’s story, The Call of Cthulhu, opens with some of the most famous lines of horror literature: The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We...
Read MoreAug 26, 2019 | Problems of Information
Some one suggested that I explain what was wrong with a Jordan Peterson lecture on Foucault. The lecture is here. In a further article I will try and do a semi-Foucauldian twist and explain how Peterson uses authority, hierarchy...
Read MoreAug 3, 2019 | Problems of Information
I want to discuss the connection of conventions and knowledge by consideration of a political speculation. The speculation is Could US President Trump declare a third term, or even become president for life? If you don’t...
Read MoreMay 27, 2019 | Problems of Information, Psychology: Sociology and climate change
There was comment on the Guardian site recently which shows at least some of the problems with the Left. It ran something like: Three really good reasons to deny the science of climate change: 1. Ignorance 2. Stupidity 3....
Read MoreMay 22, 2019 | Problems of Information
These are a few suggestions based on reading and occasional interaction… This is not a research article. Lets begin with the don’ts. Don’t talk about climate change. If people do not “believe” in...
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