tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post225852197182082818..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The siren song of certaintyA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-17776697468218175172018-10-29T17:47:40.471+00:002018-10-29T17:47:40.471+00:00James - unlikely to approve would be my guess.
Sa...James - unlikely to approve would be my guess.<br /><br />Sam - I agree, it is what threatens our culture at the moment and as you suggest it will probably lead to our undoing. Increasing complexity suggests we have to become better and better at analysis but it isn't happening. <br /><br />Demetrius - one day it may not be.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-90908192260053598102018-10-28T12:10:07.394+00:002018-10-28T12:10:07.394+00:00I keep asking what is for lunch but am told only t...I keep asking what is for lunch but am told only that it might be in the freezer.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-71823281760165415702018-10-27T19:35:33.230+01:002018-10-27T19:35:33.230+01:00Cultures that favour doctrinaire certainty over an...Cultures that favour doctrinaire certainty over an open-ended and agnostic engagement with reality are weaker. They will discover less, their technology will dwindle, and they will have difficulty with change. That's what threatens our culture at the moment, and I suspect the rise of China and the irrationality of many "educated" Westerners will lead to our undoing. Let's hope that little news items like this - just one mentally ill ex-celeb doing another daft thing - will act as a cumulative wake-up call.<br /><br />James: I suspect the tatts issue has now been solved. When Allah and the Imams say "put them away, love!" their words carry more weight than our expressions of disgust.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-49938181640873648502018-10-27T18:37:29.686+01:002018-10-27T18:37:29.686+01:00Wonder what the Muslims will make of her tatts.Wonder what the Muslims will make of her tatts.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com