Monthly Archives: February 2021

Counter to Tom’s post on Covid

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 2/Feb/21 Tom stated on facebook – …”New Zealand and Australia are in their non-flu season summertime, meaning everybody returns to being healthy, right? So of course it is then made to look that the reason they’re healthy right now … Continue reading →

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A counter to one of Tom’s antivax posts

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 28/Jan/21 Tom posted against polio virus] The action of this virus is fairly well understood.http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/100yearspolio/pfds/hogle.pdf You are becoming a danger to those you love Tom. Wake UP ! [followed by …” If you look at your own health history, … Continue reading →

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Follow-on from the a post on Tesla coming from Venus

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 29/Jan/21 – on Tom’s Facebook page] Tom, I am not 100% certain of anything. I deal in sets of evidence and balance of probabilities between competing explanatory sets. And I have actually examined vast sets of evidence, and applied … Continue reading →

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Foundations of Logic – the difference between reality and its appearance

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 27/Jan/21 – Facebook – Foundations of Logic – Walter Kant asked – The dualistic doctrine says: there is the difference between reality and its appearance;and my question is:How far can reality be from its appearance if this appearance has … Continue reading →

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Foundations of Logic on “Truth”

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 27/Jan/21 – Foundations of Logic – long thread on Truth] The Anil Seth video above is a good simple introduction to a very complex subject. It now seems beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt that what we experience is … Continue reading →

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Who should be held responsible for global poverty?

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Who should be held responsible for global poverty? [ 26/Jan/21 ] Why would you think that anyone should be “held responsible”? Isn’t that a rather hubristic notion? Isn’t it much more likely that it is the ignorance of each and … Continue reading →

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Lifeboat discussion on The Biggest Threats To Human Existence

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 26/Jan/21 Facebook – Lifeboat Foundation] The list given of “The Biggest Threats To Human Existence” seems to me to be a very strange mix of categories. Nuclear war Bioengineered pandemic Artificial Intelligence Nanotechnology Extraterrestial Super volcanoes Food supply Weather … Continue reading →

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Quora – How do I address global inequality?

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

How do I address global inequality? [ 18/Jan/21 ] As others have noted, the problem is not inequality – that is a given – real complexity contains diversity – always. The problem is insufficiency – NOT inequality. Giving everyone what … Continue reading →

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Entitled to our Truth???

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Since we’re all entitled to our own truth and we each have different perceptions of reality and everyone’s truth is valid does that basically mean we’re all in our own worlds? How can we ever work together or … Continue reading →

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