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communication culture Philosophy

Ex Nihilo

Only nothing comes from nothing and only nothing is effortlessly produced…

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communication culture Psychology

On Tribal Narratives and Environmental Catastrophe

A core human psychological trait of small-scale tribal herding may work against the kind of global organisational unity and cooperation required to cultivate substantive industrial and economic change in the limited time still available to us.

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Philosophy

Living through Language

Do we live through words or do words live through us ?

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communication

Out of Context

Taken out of context (or explicit authorial intent), anything can appear (or be construed as) false.

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Philosophy

Impossible Things

Given sufficient complexity, energy or information flow and time, the logical end-state of any particular process need not itself under analysis appear as though rationally derived or even substantively plausible.

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Uncategorized

Missing Images on this Blog

If you find references to images which are missing, please comment on the post – I will tidy it up ASAP.

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culture

Latency

The act of writing is the creation of the concept and idea, the production of a thought in stored form as potential energy…

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Philosophy

Circular

“…human knowledge must always be content to accept some terms as intelligible without definition…:

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culture

Shared

Like moths to some narcotic flame…

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culture

Words: Mistaken Identities

In a world such as this where we all have our guards up most of the time in response to the more bleak realities of life, we would still do well to remember that goodness, sincerity and honesty still exists within others and within ourselves…

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Philosophy

Rhetorical Poverty

The general rhetorical poverty of online forums and social media may just be something we need to accept; like belching, pimples or flatulence it is an aspect of human being which may have to be considered inevitable…

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communication

Lost in Translation

I often write as reflection to other’s thoughts and words, as comments or critical remarks upon other ideas.  This tends to lead me more into my own meanings and worlds wrought of words.  This is a high-wire act of balancing on a fragile thread of meaning strung between the intended meaning of the original message, […]