Magical Thinking
Mathematics is concerned most often with certainties. If x plus y equals z, then 2x plus y equals zx. That sort of thinking is not arrogant, it is simply one way or the other. Magical thinking believes that given a … Continued
Automation and the Dangers of Populism
Automation should allow us to extend and redefine productivity. Vending machines replace people in banks and for certain products. Banking is now more productive than ever but do we measure industry by how efficient it is or how many people … Continued
Prejudice and Influence
No 10 defends the activities of Dominic Cummings, a right-wing promoter of extreme Brexit and source of this Government’s most extreme ideas at the Science guidance body Sage, where two members have complained that Cummings has been more than an … Continued
Is an economic crash imminent?
There are predictions of a recession, a belief that countries should be concerned about their irredeemable net values, the soaring unreality of printing currency so that your appearance can be stretched just a little bit thinner. The trouble with inflation … Continued
Tower in Flames
That the building industry thought that it was not risky to clad a high rise apartment block in flammable cladding is frightening enough. You may hope that it was mere oversight how many councils decided that the look of a … Continued
Religion and Extinction
We are different to any other species in that we have evolved what we call economics, science of extending survival. Or is it a massive inter-generational war that the current political generation are guilty of, increasingly responsible for causing environmental … Continued
The Greenhouse Treaty
China and America have agreed to targets for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 for America, and 2030 for China. On the scale of problems, China is a significant player, with a much larger population competing for resources as … Continued
Todays comments
A few Disturbing Trends with our comments in The Guardian: 7 Aug 2014 Boris Johnson’s bid for parliamentary return in 2015 leaves Tories divided The true blue conservative denies they are running until the finish line is in view, their … Continued
EU Elections
The European Parliament is a government body that decides upon the laws that join our people together. Issues like human rights. It is infected by “protest parties” who are only there to act as dead weight opposition but what is … Continued