Category Archives: Education

Illustrating exponential growth using movement towards a target, revisited again

Posted on May 23, 2023 by peNdantry

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. Professor Albert Bartlett (1923–2013) In case you’re not familiar with this ongoing project of mine, the ‘target’ here is the gate at the end of … Continue reading →

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One of the numerous effects of a warming climate.

Posted on May 3, 2023 by peNdantry

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
An article that I wanted to share with you! There is no question that we are warming the world, and in my mind, there’s very little doubt that it is us older persons who…

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Shell knew (half a century ago!) that CO2 was a problem

Posted on April 11, 2023 by peNdantry

Fossil fuels are the very bedrock of our global civilization; but oil and gas ‘production’ is nothing of the sort: it’s not production, it’s extraction. Those who ‘produce’ these resources are profiteering from their historic control of them, and actually … Continue reading →

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Illustrating exponential growth using movement towards a target, revisited

Posted on January 17, 2023 by peNdantry

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. Professor Albert Bartlett (1923–2013) Back in May, I used a series of photos taken at regular intervals along a footpath in an attempt to illustrate … Continue reading →

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How to be a free-thinker, part two

Posted on October 4, 2022 by peNdantry

Following on from last week’s wibblette, my intent with this one is to try to persuade you to consider using tools other than the ones that you probably use because everyone else does (apologies if that’s not the case). There … Continue reading →

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We are getting close to it being too late!

Posted on September 19, 2022 by peNdantry

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
As in we humans living on this planet. Next Saturday I am giving a talk to our local Freethinkers and Humanists group on climate change. As a result of this I was doing some…

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How to use Styles in Microsoft Word (and why you should)

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Dr Bob Rich

by Dr Bob Rich Word is the most commonly used word processor program, and yet many people have difficulties with its basic features. A very experienced writer in a group I belong to complained that he hates having to put … Continue reading →

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Illustrating exponential growth using movement towards a target

Posted on May 31, 2022 by peNdantry

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. Professor Albert Bartlett (1923–2013) Ever since I first encountered this quote (in Professor Bartlett’s seminal lecture ‘Arithmetic, population and energy‘) I’ve been trying to think … Continue reading →

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Encouraging literacy in memory of Douglas Adams

Posted on May 17, 2022 by peNdantry

Towel Day is just over a week away! Gery Deer, Towel Day Ambassador for 2022, has launched a literacy initiative to raise funds to help improve reading skills. Literacy is the silver bullet to poverty, ignorance, and socioeconomic issues. Gery … Continue reading →

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Are We All Gullible?

Posted on January 30, 2022 by peNdantry

Originally posted on Filosofa's Word:
While conspiracy theories have always been around, they have seemingly run rampant of late, the one with the most adherents being the Big Lie that the election was “stolen” from the former guy.  And…

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