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Category: Article
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Erasmianism and the Re-Enchantment of the Humanist Spirit
Abstract This essay explores the historical, philosophical, and pedagogical architecture of Erasmianism—a distinctive worldview that prioritizes peace, intellectual concord, and the development of the “inward man” over dogmatic purity and ideological factionalism. Tracing its roots from a transformative educational encounter at The University of Queensland in 1984 under the mentorship of Noeline Hall, the analysis…
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The Architecture of Silence and the Erosion of Knowledge
Co-Authored by Dr. Neville Buch and Arif Jameel The “How strategic silence destroys human knowledge” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: The Architecture of Silence and the Erosion of Knowledge Co-Authored by Dr. Neville Buch and Arif Jameel Abstract Knowledge is not merely a static collection of facts but a dynamic social…
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The evolution of Trump’s corruption: Won’t Get Fooled Again? The Atlantic, 29 April 2026
Seven years ago, during a marginally more innocent time, the Trump administration announced plans to hold the 2020 G7 summit at Donald Trump’s resort in Doral, Florida. The backlash was fierce, and somehow the then–Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s dismissive attitude—“Get over it”—failed to quell concerns, including among Republicans. Two days later, Trump gave up and…
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Concepts, Terms, and Frames for the Leveling Playing Field
Here is a list of concepts, terms and definitions for the Level Playing Field. Level Playing Field The following graphs demonstrate a relationship between a selection of concepts, terms and definitions which may unravel confusion. Concepts are using a Primary Term to organise other terms…
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Jack Grove, Academics despair as ChatGPT-written essays swamp marking season, The Times Higher Education Supplement
Jack Grove, Academics despair as ChatGPT-written essays swamp marking season, The Times Higher Education Supplement, June 17, 2024 Another reason to employ or contract me, a human being. Academics despair as ChatGPT-written essays swamp marking season ‘It’s not a machine for cheating; it’s a machine…
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It is What I Have Been Saying: Tillich
Paul Tillich, in 1944, spoke to the history of Existential Thought (attached below). Incredibly, it is exactly what I have stated in the one paragraph below. It is what I have been saying for the last two years, for those who I have sought attention from, and I have been treated like shit with their…
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The American-Australian Center-Centre
The American-Australian Center-Centre was unfolded to me in article by Richard Lee Abrams, who asked recently in the City of Los Angeles, “Who Murdered the American Political Center?” There is a difference between the American Center and the Australian Centre, and it is not merely the difference of English spelling. There…
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THE’s Post-92 contract ‘at risk’ in wave of university cost-cutting: And in Australia and locally?
I read this article in The Times Higher Education Supplement (THE), and I was left mystified as to the silence of our decision-makers, as the same scenario rolled out in Australia, and locally, since 1992. Let’s check and read the statements of the article. The Australian context in most ways mirror that in the United…
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Corruption in The College. When will Vice-Chancellors Make a Bold Stand?
A scholarly colleague of mine wrote in a response to a recent story about the malpractice in academic publishing: Perhaps due to big incentive to write to get published, and not to innovate . Academia has increasingly become a bubble pre-occupied with tenure & commercial potential as a consequence of corporately funded…
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Public Transport System of Brisbane: A Conversation with the folk of South-East Queensland
Following Public Message on Public Infrastructure in the Lead Up to 2024 BCC and Queensland Elections, I have had a few conversations and enlightening feedback. One conversation was with a colleague and friend who described the Brisbane City Council (BCC)’s bus over rail policy in the observation that the state government is responsible for…