Do Angry Chefs Create Angry Food?
TV presentations of celebrity chefs seem to be in vogue. And it seems obligatory for celebrity chefs to be bad tempered. So I ask myself how can angry chefs produce good food… they must do because most...
View ArticleInternet Censorship – Yippee!
People often complain about governments always taking. But governments can be benevolent too! Just look at how readily governments around the world are acting to protect us from information overload...
View ArticleAre You Too Stupid To Be Trusted?
While there is much focus, and rightly so, on the efforts of various governments to control the flow of information on the Internet there are other and perhaps more sneaky restrictions on your freedom...
View ArticleIn The “National Interest”– So No Questions Please!
In the “National Interest” is a term much favoured by politicians to invoke support for policy implementation. But what does it really mean – in fact, does it have meaning at all and why it is so...
View ArticleWomen, Careers, Glass Ceilings And DNA
Women often refer to ‘glass ceilings’ as a barrier to a successful career and rightly so. However, I suggest there is a powerful yet overlooked factor that makes the journey even more stressful. Let me...
View ArticleHonesty – The Shortcut To Unpopularity!
Here’s an invitation to take a scary journey – it’s a journey to a little known state called honesty and you’ll have to travel alone through hostile territory. I should warn you that most of your...
View ArticleIf You Want To Get Healthy – Circulate!
About a week ago I experienced nausea, loss of balance and hot ‘flushes’ – all in the pursuit of health! But it’s not bad news at all. You see there’s a particular practice in which such symptoms are...
View ArticleMetaphysics And The Nature Of Man
So what is metaphysics and what do we mean by the nature of man? Well, let’s start with a look at metaphysics… The main tradition has been to use ‘metaphysics’ as a title for philosophical as distinct...
View ArticleAristotle And Plato – The Nature Of Man
Plato believed in the existence of inner man. His perception of man has a body and soul with the spirit outside – external to man. In Plato’s view the soul existed before the body and was independent...
View ArticleCritical Thinking Isn’t What You Think! – Part 1
Critical thinking isn’t about what you think – it’s about how you think! Let me try to explain what I mean. Many people think that critical thinking is really all about being critical. In other words,...
View ArticleCritical Thinking Isn’t What You Think! – Part 2
In the first post in this series we said that critical thinking is all about “thinking for yourself” and that simply being critical is letting others think for you. I’m sure you don’t like the sound of...
View ArticleCritical Thinking Isn’t What You Think! – Part 3
This series of posts attempts to break down the critical thinking process into a number of steps that build upon each other. So far we’ve looked at: * Improving the organisation of information stored...
View ArticleCritical Thinking Isn’t What You Think – Part 4
This series of posts attempts to break down the critical thinking process into a number of steps that build upon each other. So far we’ve looked at: * Improving the organisation of information stored...
View ArticleCritical Thinking Isn’t What You Think – Part 5
This series of posts attempts to break down the critical thinking process into a number of steps that build upon each other. So far we’ve looked at: Improving the organisation of information stored in...
View ArticleEven Ants Do It – Travel The Road Less Travelled!
“Life is the unknown and the unknowable, except that we are put into the world to eat, to stay alive as long as we possibly can.” Students of Richard Bach’s Jonathon Livingston Seagull will recognise...
View ArticleOh No!… Not The “Bringers Of The Dawn”
Dear Barbara, we agree on a couple of fundamental things (at least, I think we do!): There is a universal creative intelligence that orchestrates the Universe; and There are enlightened beings amongst...
View ArticleIs Your Quantum Entangled?
When two quantum particles (electrons, photons, atoms) are joined together, in a special way called “entanglement”, and are then separated, they retain the interconnectivity that has been created ,...
View ArticleESP – Yes Or No?
Defining Extra-Sensory Perception In talking about Extra-Sensory Perception, it is helpful to begin with some definitions. The term Extra-Sensory Perception is a broad term used to describe the...
View ArticleCreating Reality – Can Quantum Physics Help?
Creating Reality: Evidence from the Principles of Quantum Physics The view of the mind as an entity that can be entirely explained by being reduced to physical matter developed against the background...
View ArticleRestrictions on Personal Freedom
Many of us in Western society take it for granted that we live in a free society and imagine that we have very few restrictions on our freedom. The US punk rock band “The Vandals” put it this way in...
View Article