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CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS
I know that many people realize that our cultural norms are a major factor in causing the extinction of all life. But still conform to these social norms: Not because they are worried about what others think: but because these attitudes are “hard wired”.… Continue Reading “CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS”
POPULATION
“Humans have driven the extinction of at least 881 animal species since around 1500, with many scientists suspecting the true number is far higher, possibly reaching over a million species by some estimates, including threatened ones. Plant and invertebrate extinctions are also significant but… Continue Reading “POPULATION”
LIFE AFTER DEATH
People tend to believe that a belief in God and heaven is necessary for a belief in an “afterlife” Surviving death isn’t synonymous with a religious belief. We do not understand the nature of reality. (or at least I don’t) It appears we exist… Continue Reading “LIFE AFTER DEATH”
MY WISH – ECOLOGY BEFORE ECONOMY
My children used to call me Doctor Dolittle (But if you have ever read the book; Hugh Lofting says that livestock don’t have feelings: so I am different to the character in the book) I was in the original Greenpeace — we were labelled… Continue Reading “MY WISH – ECOLOGY BEFORE ECONOMY”
CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS
I know that many people realize that our cultural norms are a major factor in causing the extinction of all life. But still conform to these social norms: Not because they are worried about what others think: but because these attitudes are “hard wired”.… Continue Reading “CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS”
The Media is the Massage
(With apologies to Marshall McLuhan’s “The Medium is The Massage”) [Marshall McLuhan argues that technologies — from clothing to the wheel to the book, and beyond — are the messages themselves, not the content of the medium. In essence, The Medium is the Massage is a graphical… Continue Reading “The Media is the Massage”
MAGIC/QUANTUM PHYSICS
What we label as magic is actually quantum physics Einstein’s E = mc2 I understood that time decrease with velocity in my teens (1960s) But it is thanks to Star Trek that I realized that matter and energy are interchangeable “Energy equals mass times… Continue Reading “MAGIC/QUANTUM PHYSICS”
AHIMSA
I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters As a child I got a bashing for not wanting to eat meat: The same… Continue Reading “AHIMSA”
AHIMSA
I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters As a child I got a bashing for not wanting to eat meat: The same… Continue Reading “AHIMSA”
CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS
I know that many people realize that our cultural norms are a major factor in causing the extinction of all life. But still conform to these social norms: Not because they are worried about what others think: but because these attitudes are “hard wired”.… Continue Reading “CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS”
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