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.
general interest
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
The Fun Topic of Historical Linguistics
January 19, 2023
The Indo Europeans; where they came from, where they went, why it matters.
I have been hanging around internet discussion boards that deal with the present geopolitical situation. This often gets into the ideas various ethnic nationalisms have about themselves and their origins. Most have no scientific
The Fun Topic of Historical Linguistics. Part Two.
February 3, 2023
About all these other Languages.
A few months ago I got into a discussion about languages on an internet forum. It started with the Slavic languages and got into Indo European languages, where they came from and got to.
I have my own ideas on the subject