The Human Race This is the way we must define humans. We can all interbreed. It has nothing to do with ability to speak or even to use tools and fire. If we start thinking that way, we know where it leads.
The Magician, the Artisan, China, The West, and the Scientific Revolution. There is one very valuable and unique thing which western civilization has given the world. That is, the scientific revolution. This enabled the huge advance in technology and standard of living which most of the world now enjoys.
On Doomering I am not a doomer. My own view of things is that we are not headed for a breakdown, but a break through. That is, in the western world, the Atlantisphere. The rest of the world is already starting to make its breakthrough.
About the Olympics So, Olympics 2024 are a wrap. As it was intended to be, it is a microcosm of the world in general. It also reflects the world in ways its founders did not intend.
Canada Day, 2024 Being contented in turbulent times. I was going to finish this up and put it out the day after Canada Day but I have been preoccupied with other things. Especially, with getting my site moved over from Wordpress, and I have already blogged enough about why. I would invite everyone
The Heroic Hand January 18, 2023 An essay on the human mind, body and species I have been looking at a lot of my old writings and considering reblogging a lot of it. I also have some term papers from some university courses I did. Below is one I think is particularly good.
Covid and Hanlan’s Razor January 19, 2023 Malice and incompetence usually go together, not apart. Many of us have heard the maxim; “never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by mere stupidity or incompetence.” This has probably been stated in one way or other from the beginning of writing. It has been