Monthly Archives: June 2020

Are we being controlled by something else?

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Are we being controlled by something else? [ 18/6/20 ] What do you mean by “controlled”? Of course we are influenced by many levels of “stuff” that most of us are only vaguely (if at all) aware of. Many levels … Continue reading →

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What evolutionary advancements are taking place in the human species?

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

What evolutionary advancements are taking place in the human species? [ 16/6/20 ] As others have noted, evolution is not about advancement, it is about differential rates of survival in different contexts. Right now, in terms of genetics, most people … Continue reading →

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Tom again on understandings

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 16/6/20 Tom again on facebook, in a thread I have been in for a bit, but I am separating this as a standalone] Now you are simply generating insults. I have been trying to explain some of the ways … Continue reading →

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Why do we need ethics and culture?

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Why do we need ethics and culture? [ 15/6/20 ] For me, ethics is a subset of culture. Ethics seems to me to be some evolved approximation to a set of prescriptions on activities that are either required to be … Continue reading →

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Is humanity entering problems that no one has the ability to solve?

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Is humanity entering problems that no one has the ability to solve? [ 15/6/20 ] Shaun Mootoo has most of it. Most problems have solutions that can be approximated at least well enough to survive. David Snowden does a great … Continue reading →

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Strata in society?

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – At which point in time did we have the most dramatic imbalance in culture and intelligence between the different strata of society? Is it growing bigger? [ 15/6/20 ] Strata is a marginally useful notion. The discrepancy now … Continue reading →

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Tom and Polarity again

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 13/6/20 Tom’s Facebook page] I understand that you are committed to your interpretation in a way that admits of few alternatives, and I’ll give it another try. Consider an alternative interpretation of the same phenomena you observe. Yes – … Continue reading →

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Sensemaking with Daniel

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Daniel Schmachtenberger’s Facebook post [ 12/6/20 Daniel linked to 2 videos – saying we must watch both: and ] Both demonstrate classic failure modalities in sensemaking. Both oversimplify complex situations. You cannot simplify a person down to good and evil, … Continue reading →

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Collaboration

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Why do humans collaborate to the extent that they do? [ 8/6/20 ] Some aspects of the answer given here by others. It seems clear to me that the answer is deeply complex and contains some genetic elements, … Continue reading →

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Illusions

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Facebook – The scientific way of thinking is the only one that can be real, convincing and without illusions [ 8/6/20 ] Slight correction. Scientific thinking isn’t without illusions, it almost certainly contains many illusions, but it also contains mechanisms … Continue reading →

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