Category: Covid

  • There’s an insanity in the world

    When the Coronavirus outbreak first came to light I wrote this article. The gist of it is that governments should simply let the virus run its course and deal with the disease as it occurs, preferably treating people in their homes and only in hospitals as a last resort. I suggested that governments train medical people who can…

  • The red pill and the blue pill

    In the movie ‘The Matrix’ Neo is offered the choice between two pills: the blue pill will keep him in the dream where he can believe whatever he wants to believe. The red pill ejects him into a reality. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe…

  • Understanding the scientists behind COVID-19

    The title is not a misprint. I wrote a while ago about Relational and instrumental understanding. In short, most so-called understanding today is of the instrumental type. People learn facts and processes but they are not taught the overall picture. One aspect of this is that you will consistently find that when talking to people who…

  • The legacy of COVID-19

    I’ve discussed in a previous article that the approach of governments to COV-19 in dealing with he virus is not the most effective (as we can see in Italy). It is not bringing down the death rates and is causing economies to collapse. It’s like fighting a twenty-first century battle using a nineteen-thirties economy. This raises an…

  • Should we let the Coronavirus run its course?

    As I live in Australia I can write about the response of the Australian government to the Coronavirus, although the response by other governments has been very similar and the proposed alternative way of dealing with this virus is applicable to most countries. The way of dealing with the Coronavirus has been to prevent its…