Is there a vaccine for stupid?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57870778 I mean, take away the FB conspiracy posts, and the idiots and terrified will just go somewhere else for them. It's been clearly shown that people who believe conspiracy nonsense have poor thinking skills. We laugh, because we think that means only stupid people believe stupid things... but being stupid isn't the only cause...

The madness of being different

I am now spending large amounts of time with autistic people, and it has thus become clear that I am one of them. I am, I think, only very lightly on the spectrum. I don't have the money to get an official diagnosis, but far too much can be understood in light of this for...

Sensory Deprivation PLC

Sensory deprivation tanks leave the brain with less stimulation. You can't feel your limbs, or hear, see, smell etc. People often experience hallucinations in a sensory deprivation tank. The brain cannot cope with the silence, and so invents its own noise - phantom limb sensations, sounds, visions and more. The brain is complex - and...

The cost of having an opinion

I argue that many of our modern day problems are the result of this individualism literally driving us mad.

Why it’s almost impossible to be right

It seems that every post on social these days rapidly descends into people arguing or name-calling in the comments. As a supposedly intelligent species, we might expect that at least one person on Earth has the right answer for at least one question… but they don’t. Image from bryanridgely.com Because there is no answer. There’s...

The reason good people hate migrants.

The government ignores you, your vote is meaningless, your voice unheard. Your job pays too little and life is hard yet there’s no recourse to improve this. Illness can potentially mean financial ruin – your body suddenly your enemy. There is no room for spirituality and creativity while trapped in the cycle of poverty and...

If you want to make the world a better place… do nothing.

Right wing government is brilliant at two things. One – making us fight over one idea to stop us thinking about another. Two – making the correct answer look so stupid people stop believing it. Data Privacy is a good example. The Govt track and trace app raises concerns over data collection and use. We...

Why we should not listen to Johnson OR Corbyn in this election

Some people choose to listen to politicians who are seeking power. Personally I’ve never trusted anyone who seeks to gain something by what they say, so I look at the policies and listen to the experts. I then often compare that to newspaper headlines and TV news. In about 80% of cases the news does...

Why selling the NHS is essential to a Conservative term in power.

When my family used to run out of money we would cut back on luxuries, not have holidays or new clothes, eat basic food and skip pudding. We would never start economising by cutting out food altogether, switching off heating or water, they would be the last things to go. Yet when this country faces...