Professional Historian and History Consultancy Services Brisbane
Category: 2016-future Public Cognition
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Opinions?
In the driver’s seat but parked on the beach front, watching the human traffic go by with their wheels, what am I thinking about? That I am safe from those who require an opinion of me but don’t want my opinion. Opinions are everywhere, and knowledge is rarely found. Why? …
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What is my Thought, What is Your Question: An Academia and Educational Paper
A phenomenological-existential investigation of the question of why populations stagnated into “more of the same” ‘bullshit’, as in Harry Frankfurt (2014). Frankfurt determines that bullshit is speech intended to persuade without regard for truth. The liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it; the bullshitter doesn’t care whether what they say is true…
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John Searle Obituary, from “The Guardian” with a few comments from the Work of Dr Buch
John Searle obituary American philosopher whose Chinese Room thought experiment rebuts the idea that computers can think as humans do Jane O’Grady, The Guardian Sun 5 Oct 2025 22.29 AEDT The American philosopher John Searle, who has died aged 93, first made his name in philosophy of language, then in philosophy of…
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RFK Ideology 2025
From The Atlantic, “Going Back”, 26 September 2025: Will Gottsegen: How does the ideology of conservatism explain what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to do with health policy? Elizabeth Bruenig: When you think of conservatism, you’re thinking basically of someone who wants to conserve. William F. Buckley Jr. said the conservative disposition…
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The (last) 2025 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture: The Bible and the Rise of Science, Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison
The School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (HAPI) has released recording of “The (last) 2025 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture: The Bible and the Rise of Science, Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison”. 2025 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture- The Bible and the Rise of Science Transcript It is required…
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Vale Marion Maddox 1965 – 2025: MICE Condolences
Marion Maddox (passed 16 September 2025) was a Professor in the Discipline of Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University where she taught Australian politics and religious studies until her retirement in 2021. Prior to her tenure at Macquarie University, she held positions at Victoria University Wellington for seven years, the University of…
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Re: Hermeneutics and that I had discovered the 12 Apostles with my answer to life!
The number 42 is famously known as “the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” in Douglas Adams’ science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. A supercomputer named Deep Thought computed this answer after 7.5 million years, though the question itself was never known, rendering the answer meaningless until…
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“Come upon me”, said Sofia, “and I will give you rest.”
If statehood were offered to Australia and New Zealand instead of to Canada, would they warm up faster to the idea of becoming part of the most powerful and richest country the world has ever seen? Are they more pro-America than Canadians? That is the most ridiculous question…
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Sick and Tired of Bullshit Stories
Have a better worldview. I had this guy turn up at the Coopers Plains Inspect the Archive event, it started okay but then at the very end it turn sour. As he yarn away, half of what he said sounded reasonable and possible but the other part sounded like bullshit. It went sour with his…
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FOR SALE* Introducing a Major Curriculum for History and Sociology Thinking in Australia: Populism and Elitism
*CONDITIONS APPLY. This Cognition Histories-Sociology curriculum is at the price of a 4-week paid contract to introduce and teach the curriculum, which has four PowerPoint Lesson Plans and is inclusive of History, Sociology, Philosophy, and Educationalist Theory. Introducing a Major Curriculum for History and Sociology Thinking in Australia: Populism and Elitism First Lesson…