by Peter | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
In 2012 the New Scientist published an article by Alison George on the work of psychologist Jonathan Haidt entitled Why we need to be righteous (New Scientist 3 March 2012) The topic concerned the tribal world of US politics, where each group is obsessed with its...
by Peter | Jul 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
The homunculus In the Middle Ages, some believed the homunculus -the little human with a voice inside our heads- told us what to think and do. But, of course, one of the problems with this belief, was the question of who or what told the homuncuus what to tell us? The...
by Peter | Jun 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
To understand Trump we need know four facts: nominative determinism, a holistic model of the human being: world-views / framing the mis-match between the writing and the write hand Nominative determinism. We are our name eg Cartwright a cart builder, Joy a joyous...
by Peter | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
BBC News 26/6/2025, Helen Briggs The world’s oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time. The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years old....
by Peter | Apr 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is when I began to understand neurodiversity, because I couldn’t tell my left from my right. [BBC Sounds R4 April 3rd 2025 This Cultural Life – Abi Morgan about 3’20” into interview] Once upon a time the simple s a tatement of not being able to...
