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Tag Archives: ‘common’ sense
Why no-one talks about the Wayback Machine any more
A tribute to the amazing Wayback Machine for years of unfailing service. Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, History, memetics, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy
Tagged 'common' sense, content longevity, Internet Archive, Kerbal Space Program, KSP, Link, Linkrot, Rot, Wayback Machine
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MODERNISING MONEY
Originally posted on MODERN TIMES IN MUDSHIRES:
Money creation should only be used in the public interest ? The same banks that caused the financial crisis currently have the power to create 97% of the UK’s money. They’ve used this…
Posted in ... wait, Business, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Education, what?
Tagged 'common' sense, banks, Change, communication, corruption, insanity, money, scandal
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Skeptics: Stop Calling Deniers “Skeptics”
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
As climate denial goes the way of snake oil and table tipping, real Skeptics would like the media to please stop sullying their good name. Skeptical Inquirer: Prominent scientists, science communicators,…
Posted in balance, Climate, Communication, Drama, GCD: Global climate disruption
Tagged 'common' sense, AGW, communication, deniers, sceptic, skeptic
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Macrocosmic communication
Our understanding, fragmentary though it is, examines our universe from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic, revealing structural similarities at vastly different scales. On the quantum level, particles interact with each other — in ways that we only vaguely grasp. Atoms … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, consciousness, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged 'common' sense, Avatar, consciousness, Eywa, Gaia, quantum physics
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Even the pessimists got it wrong
Originally posted on David Robertson:
This is one of those “you bunch of bastards” moments. Moments that the people on the right don’t want you to have. It’s not that I’m against people having lots of money, or even a…
Posted in ... wait, what?, Capitalism, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Fantasy, Phlyarology
Tagged 'common' sense, cognition, cognitive dissonance, perception, stupid
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Stop, you fools—you’ll kill us all!
All truth passes through three states: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. And third, it is accepted as self-evident. So said Andrew Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788-1860) — or perhaps that was someone else. First they ignore you, … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, crowdsourcing, News and politics
Tagged 'common' sense, habituation, omnicide, sustainability, world parliament
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Peer pressure and the blind spot
(Many thanks to Richard Wiseman for the link.) Did you notice the poor free-thinker (right hand side, second row)? Eventually, even she succumbed… I wonder: is this how peer pressure works? When surrounded by folks behaving in a certain way, … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Environment, News and politics
Tagged 'common' sense, cognition, metronome, peer pressure, synchronise
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Wishful thinking in lala land
I’m currently reading Richard Wiseman’s new book ‘Rip It Up’. It begins by talking about a nineteenth century philosopher, William James — a man who was well aware that conventional wisdom can often be deeply misleading. Among a great many … Continue reading
Seeing the real world
I seem to have hit a period of recurring themes, coming back to haunt me like a Sierpinski triangle. A boss of mine some years ago (nice chap) was adamant that he had reached a stage in his life in … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, what?
Tagged 'common' sense, belief, boundaries, brain, cognition, cognitive dissonance, deniers, illusion, neuroscience, perception, reality
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