Dr Neville Buch

Professional Historian and History Consultancy Services Brisbane

Category: 2016-future Public Cognition

  • Northwestern Commencement Speech 2025 from Clary Doyle

    Northwestern Commencement Speech 2025 from Clary Doyle

    Clary Doyle was the undergraduate student speaker at Northwestern University’s 2025 commencement. Her address to classmates has been edited lightly in Clary Doyle, “I just graduated with a philosophy degree. Here’s my message to the Class of 2025”, The Washington Post,  EDT, 25 June 2025, at 6:00 a.m. EDT.     https://wapo.st/443krna      …

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  • Impact Rankings 2025: results announced, Times Higher Education Supplement (THE)

    Impact Rankings 2025: results announced, Times Higher Education Supplement (THE)

    The Times Higher Education Supplement (THE) has announced its Impact Rankings 2025 results, and it is rather surprising.       In total, Asian universities occupy 22 of the top 50 spots in the overall ranking (up from 12 last year) – compared with 11 from Australasia, nine from Europe, eight from North America, and…

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  • Introduction to the Sociology of Education: Education, social stability & social change. University of Sydney

    Introduction to the Sociology of Education: Education, social stability & social change. University of Sydney

    Education, social stability & social change. University of Sydney.      Durkheim, Parsons and Bowles & Gintis on education.         The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)     Sociology of Education Thematic Group   Objectives To network researchers interested in the sociology of education and stimulate debate and discussion To pursue opportunities for…

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  • MICE Proposed Principles

    This article is a discussion space in deciding the statements which could be the MICE Principles: Management Institute for Contributory Economy.       The draft discussion article comes from Dr Neville Buch’s interpretation of the message from Dr Michael Macklin in 1989 to the Australian Senate. (Video and Another Extract from Senator Macklin):  …

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  • Questions & Answers: Meaning

    Questions & Answers: Meaning

      How philosophy works …     @tomgauld             Thanks Philosophy Matters….     Yes, of course, but not to let fools off-the-hook, who think this means that answers have no meaning: The answers are a thing, you bloody fools, which needs to be carefully listened to. Just because answers…

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  • Temporal Shift: A Potential Problem in a Person’s Cognition

    Temporal Shift: A Potential Problem in a Person’s Cognition

    In the Name of Science, Noonien Soong[1], and The Son, Data[2], and The Holy Logic, Vulcan[3].       A temporal shift generally refers to a change or alteration in the timing or sequence of events, or a movement within the space-time continuum. It can also refer to a shift in perspective or focus related…

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  • “‘Mind-boggling stupidity’”

    “‘Mind-boggling stupidity’”

    I have been saying the key primary message for the last decade, and more, for what Rick Morton has detailed on the Nous Group model, in The Saturday Paper, June 14 – 20, 2025  |  No. 554, with the title, “‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities”. And it is stupidity:       “When…

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  • Neville, help revive the contest of ideas

    Neville, help revive the contest of ideas

          Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Business Office An Australian Top Humanities and Social Science Researcher 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA       Hon. John Howard Former Australian Prime Minister c/ Menzies Research Centre PO Box 6091 Kingston ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA       12 June 2025      …

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  • Why Open-Humanistic Unitarian-Universalism?

    Why Open-Humanistic Unitarian-Universalism?

    The long title of the article: Why Open-Humanistic Unitarian-Universalism is at the Heart of Things in 21st Century?       In recent times I have signed off my communication, “May I not hope to be heard with candor? God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth…

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  • Humanism & Valuing in Star Trek

    Humanism & Valuing in Star Trek

        “You know Commander, having seen a little bit of the 21st century, there is one thing I don’t understand, how could they have let things get so bad.” Dr. Bashir.   “It is a good question…I wish I had answer”. Commander Sisko     Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 3: “Past Tense:…

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