by Phil Braham | Nov 30, 2020 | General, Psychology, Religion and mysticism, The universe
Suspension bridge I’ve written before about left and right brained thinking. One of the characteristics of left-brained thinkers is that they think in binary. The left side of the brain deals in patterns so thoughts and concepts are put into boxes: an object is a...
by Phil Braham | Oct 26, 2020 | General, Psychology, Social commentary
Some time ago I wrote an article (The girl with the X ray eyes) on a documentary how CSICOP (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) under the leadership of Prof. Richard Wiseman set out to discredit a Russian girl Natasha Demkina. The...
by Phil Braham | Sep 22, 2020 | Covid, General, Psychology
There’s a movie from around 2010 called ‘V for Vendetta’. It depicts a UK where a right-wing authoritarian regime has come to power and a vigilante (V) takes on the ruling government. The characteristics of the ruling party are: right-wing, intolerant of minorities,...
by Phil Braham | Sep 12, 2020 | Covid, General, Psychology, Social commentary
Many years ago IBM was the big force in computing. They had an advertising slogan ‘No one ever got fired for buying IBM’. In other words, if you need a computer project done and you choose a company other than IBM, and it goes pear shaped (as they often do), your boss...
by Phil Braham | Aug 16, 2020 | Covid, General, Psychology, Social commentary
A poster for mask wearing and social distancing A Nazi propaganda poster My mother was brought up in a very Jewish family in Poland. In the early 1930s her parents — my grandparents — took her and her brother out of Poland to Belgium and then to London. They knew that...
by Phil Braham | Aug 8, 2020 | Covid, General, Psychology, Social commentary
The anti-blasphemy laws in Pakistan date back to British rule and were undoubtably made for political, not religious, purposes. However they are largely supported in Pakistan. As this BBC article point out: A large majority of Pakistani people support the...
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