Tag Archives: Communication

Hayflick Limit

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 29/9/20 in response to Ray Taylor’s response to Eric Schulke’s posting of Feynman’s quote on life on 22nd “It is one of the most remarkable things that in all of the biological sciences there is no clue as to … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Is there any hope for humanity? Is there no chance to save the human species and is there no way to continue as a species? [ 16/9/20 ] Yes – most certainly there is hope, and there is … Continue reading →

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Overview – Vote for Ted Howard – Kaikoura Electorate

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

If you look hare at the many things I have written, you will find some consistent themes. My prime values have not changed: 1/ Individual life – mine and everyone else’s. 2/ Individual liberty – and that has to come … Continue reading →

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Quora – Will global warming, automation, wealth inequality, in the future lead to a dystopian Authoritarian populist Eco-fascism/eco-socialism and or even societal collapse or will it all instead lead to a sustainable post-growth, Post -capitalist world?

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Will global warming, automation, wealth inequality, in the future lead to a dystopian Authoritarian populist Eco-fascism/eco-socialism and or even societal collapse or will it all instead lead to a sustainable post-growth, Post -capitalist world? [ 1/8/20 ] In so far … Continue reading →

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Quora – Is elite rule inevitable from societies? Why does decision making rest in the hands of a few people?

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Is elite rule inevitable from societies? Why does decision making rest in the hands of a few people? [ 31/7/20 ] What is meant by the question? At what level are you asking? We all make decisions in our lives.Where … Continue reading →

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Is a perfect society possible or even desirable?

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Is a perfect society possible or even desirable? [ 25/7/20 ] If you mean something static – then no. If you mean something that respects individual sapient life, and the liberty of all such sapient entities, and provides a cooperative … Continue reading →

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Is ignorance the biggest catastrophe in our society today?

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Is ignorance the biggest catastrophe in our society today? [ 18/7/20 ] No. We are all, eternally and necessarily ignorant to some significant degree – the more one actually learns of mathematics and logic and cosmology and biology the more … Continue reading →

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Picture of child holding a placard “Take your mask off because God’s got you covered”

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 16/7/20 Picture of child holding a placard “Take your mask off because God’s got you covered”] It seems beyond reasonable doubt that all understandings of reality are necessarily simplifications of the complexity and fundamental uncertainty that seems to actually … Continue reading →

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On Jordan Peterson & The Hidden Epidemic, Rebel Wisdom

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

YouTube – On Jordan Peterson & The Hidden Epidemic, Rebel Wisdom [ 13/7/20 ] Mostly great – but I have a real issue with the parting comment, about the problem being the reductionist world view. I would say that the … Continue reading →

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What Happened to the Intellectual Dark Web? Bret Weinstein

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

What Happened to the Intellectual Dark Web? Bret Weinstein [ 25/6/20 ] Great video, great discussion, strongly align with most of it, and a few significant quibbles. 08:00 Bret states “there is nothing inherently wrong with making profit.” Which I … Continue reading →

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