Beyond a blond/e joke
First published, 7th October 2018Here’s a blond/e joke: before the pleas are taken from the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials at the end of the Second World War, the president of the Tribunal, Lord Justice Colonel Sir Geoffrey Lawrence addresses the twenty four Nazis in the dock: “Before we begin, gentlemen, which one of you…
reality cheque — a triptych
First published, 15th October 2018What is potentially interesting about the Dunning-Kruger effect is not so much that there is a cognitive bias in those tested but between those at opposite ends of the intelligence spectrum, when perceiving each other. Intelligent individuals may well have a tendency to assume all are as intelligent as themselves. The…
running the ‘mean’ reds
First published, 21st November 2018There is something seriously wrong with the processes of domestication be it of wolves, wild cats or human beings. Domestication is, itself, a form of violence. Domestication is the abuse of the natural state that leaves some battered and bruised and almost all (dogs, cats and people), ultimately, agoraphobic xenophobes. “Woof”.The…
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