by Peter | Mar 9, 2021 | Objective Thinking
There are many pragmatic arguments why restricting freedom of expression on topics like climate change can be harmful. We have already, and may continue to, make policies that cause the environment more harm than good. There are also good psychological justifications...
by Peter | Mar 9, 2021 | Education, Objective Thinking
People can fail to use objective thinking out of ignorance. If you have had no education at all you are vulnerable to superstitions, prejudices; all kinds of irrational behaviours. Much more alarming is a failure to use objective thinking from having too much...
by Peter | Mar 9, 2021 | Objective Thinking, Politics
What do the terms ‘left wing’ and ‘right wing’ actually mean, and where did they come from? The answer is surprising. In theory, we get to choose what kind of government we have. In practice, it seems the really important decisions are kept out...
by Peter | Mar 9, 2021 | Objective Thinking
(China) is a communist one party state, we said. We couldn’t get away with it in Europe, we thought… and then Italy did it. And we realised we could Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London speaking to the Times newspaper Since the beginning of time, humans,...
by Peter | Mar 9, 2021 | Economics, Objective Thinking
When the tide goes out you can see who’s been swimming naked Warren Buffet Economics affects almost every area of our lives. Like it or not, we are all economic beings: we all trade our time and skills for money, and exchange that money for the things we desire in...
by Peter | Feb 26, 2021 | Environment, Objective Thinking
It is wonderful that nearly everyone today agrees that the natural environment needs caring for. Ever since the first astronauts sent back images of our green blue planet surrounded by the darkness of space the awareness has grown that we can do harm as well as good...
