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The Magnitude of the Challenge
With the COP26 climate summit due to kick off in Glasgow on Sunday, here’s a stark warning of what the future holds in store for us all if our global ‘leaders’ fail to come through (as I fully expect them … Continue reading
The secret to success
The following statement is NOT TRUE for you or anyone else, but if you wish to succeed you must believe it to be true:
You are in complete control of your destiny, and your success is due solely to your own talent and hard work. Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Education, perception, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged cognition, entitlement, hard work, luck, privilege, success, wealth
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Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan’s marvellous, awe-inspiring ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech puts Life, the Universe, and Everything* into perspective.
“Be humble, for you are made of dung. Be noble, for you are made of stars.” – Serbian proverb
* Carl would have been 86 now. Which is 42 (in base 21). Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Core thought, People, Tributes
Tagged Carl Sagan, Earth, Pale Blue Dot, transcription
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I am not pendantry (I am me)
My friend Goldie, in a short conversation recently via the comment thread on a 2017 post of his* asked me whether my moniker should have an initial capital. That simple question got me thinking. A bit of background I adopted … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Just for laughs, perception, Phlyarology
Tagged cognitive dissonance, half-wit, humour, Internet, pendantry, stupid, wit
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Confirmation that two-thirds of headline analyzers spout utter nonsense
An examination of three headline analyzer tools (and whether it’s worth using them), together with a Veritasium video on the effectiveness of clickbait (with transcription). Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Critiques, Phlyarology, Strategy, Tech tips
Tagged clickbait, headline analyzers, Jabberwocky, phlyarology, SEO, transcription, Veritasium
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Pursue excellence – but accept that you’re only human
Perfection is an unrealistic goal; but if all we ever strive to achieve is just what’s good enough, and sit back on our laurels once we’ve accomplished that, not only is perfection out of reach, excellence is, too. Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Flash fiction, memetics, Strategy
Tagged excellence, good enough, interview, only human, perfect, recursion
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There is no ‘planet B’ – yet we’re using it already
Happy§ Earth Overshoot Day! Time to celebrate: we’re now using almost three-quarters of ‘planet B’. Shame it doesn’t exist. Back in 2014, I wrote a set of edicts I would apply ‘If I ruled the world‘. One of those (#4) … Continue reading
Donate to fund dogs in the Serengeti
Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
This plea came in from Mr. Pedantry! This came in yesterday and I thought for some time that I wouldn’t be able to publish it quickly owing to me getting my knickers in a…
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, crowdsourcing, Environment, Reblogs, Strategy
Tagged dogs, elephants
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‘The climate is always changing’: true, but not helpful
“When we already believe the world to be a certain way, then we interpret new experiences to fit with those beliefs, whether they actually do or not.” Thus spake Veritasium I had another post scheduled for today, but this one … Continue reading
The Koala Conspiracy
Originally posted on Adaptive Diversity:
Do marsupials even exist? The word of the year for 2016 is officially “post-truth.” It seems a lot of folks just don’t care very much for facts. Instead, they form beliefs based on subjective feelings…
Posted in balance, Communication, Core thought, GCD: Global climate disruption, perception, Reblogs, Science, Strategy
Tagged Alternative Facts, belief, cognition, post-truth, truth
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