“The average man’s attitude towards clear thinking is by no means merely passive, it is actively though unconsciously against clear-thinking. And the reason for this is that he dislikes most […]
June 2025
Earlier posts first.
The comfort of unreason
The three types of money
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.” (Dr Johnson) This makes good sense—until you start to think about it. The simple truth is that money can come in […]
A sad fact about power
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” (Lord Acton) The second half of Acton’s comment is so striking that it’s easy to overlook the first part: any power […]
Why anything? *
A question which isn’t widely posed, but needs to be dwelt on, is: how come there’s anything? Or, if you prefer: how come there’s something, rather than nothing? Really dwelt […]
The ‘Big Bang’
Once upon a time there was nothing. Then, suddenly, there was something. And it’s getting bigger … You can see why this is not an answer to the question ‘how […]