Penultimately, we’re gunna need a boat. The truth is, the vast majority of Humans live ‘off’ the land now anyway. Today, most humans are either already living in cities or moving to live in cities, where weather and the environment are generally considered to be inconveniences. In fact, just about everybody considers weather to be [...]

According to this article 2 boys aged 9 and 11 have been gaoled for at least 5 years for a sadistic attack on 2 other boys. As a Comensalist, I hold that equality lies not in everyone being the same, but in everyone not getting a choice in the circumstances of their birth. Certainly, it [...]

There have been innumerable discussions on the use of renewable and non renewable resources online and off. I have been constantly and consistently surprised at the number of people who post such things as “but there’s enough coal for more than a hundred years” or there’s still more than enough oil for another 50 years [...]

There are so many great videos around (as well as so much crap), I thought a ‘video review’ page might be appropriate. If you come across a vid that you think is worth watching, why not write a short review, and post it here.

Just stumbled across anothe goodie: The World’s Most Famous Video A science teacher who says science never knows what’s true.

I found these to be very informative videos on banking practice, and the ‘multiplier effect’, for anyone interested.

Kulu recently sent me some links; the first is by Albert A Bartlett. Bartlett is a mathematician, and has been described as a ‘neo malthusian’. You may not like his conclusions, but his arithmetic is undeniable. To view Bartlett explaining the problem of steady growth, go here.

I know a bloke who drives trucks for a living. Come to think of it, I know a quite a few blokes who drive trucks for a living. This particular bloke taught me a valuable lesson.

I have a dvd on my shelves called ‘McLintock’. It’s a sixties John Wayne comedic western, and despite being hugely sexist (very loosely based on ‘the Taming of the Shrew’) it is a favourite of my wife and daughters. The point that is interesting to me in this movie is a speech written, or dictated [...]