small thoughts from the chair about big things outside the room
I visited the shopping mall at Cavendish square for the first time in a long while today to get a UPS system for my home internet connection. The man in the computer shop said he had just the thing for me, a three power source solution for the router, the...
Is there a valid distinction between how we think and what we think? Does the biology that underpins thought constrain it in the way that our eyes see only certain frequencies of radiation and therefore constrain what is visible to us? If so, could it be useful to ask not...
I used to allow myself the comfort of calling myself a humanist. I don’t think I can hide there anymore. Here’s a broad strokes outline of the tenets of humanism and some thoughts that have been fomenting of late. Secular morality and humanism First off, humanists separate morality from theology....
Shortly before curfew last Sunday evening I drove through Cape Town on an errand to pick up a forgotten cell phone and was struck by the down at heel tone of the place. The lockdowns and alcohol restrictions and the working from home that have constituted our major attempt to...
I have encountered an increasing number of people who are enduring unimaginable tragedy as a result of COVID and other diseases this week. I am touched both by how frail and robust we humans are. These stories of loss and guilt were on my mind as I rode my bicycle...
Psychologists are usually sensibly clothed. Some are more stylish than others but their haberdashery is reliably demure with only occasional splashes of sartorial libido spilling over into brightly coloured socks, an eccentric waistcoat or outlandish hat. On this site, the doors of the perceptual wardrobe are thrown wide open and the shrunken bits are allowed to hang out.