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G.02 Local Landscapes Past. 2026-02-14 Lunch at Riverside Seafood Cafe 1:30 p.m. Valentines Day.
Here I am having lunch by myself. Alone. After Andrew Walker’s funeral and coffee with BUUF at Cafe 4072, Summer Park. I drove as round for an hour lost in Seventeen Miles Rocks, Centenary, Oxley, and Corinda. I was crazy in the feeling of loss. So, time for a celebration lunch at Riverside Seafood Cafe,…
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From Offence to Understanding Essay Series: Essays 1-3
Politeness and Offence: 1 of 3 in “From Offence to Understanding Essay Series” From Offence to Understanding Essay Series: There are moments of time when politeness is not a virtue because it is not just. Offence was necessarily committed to challenge unhealthy thinking. It was the virtue of candour. Fools deflect from this argument…
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Detailed Intellectual History of Brisbane, Queensland; or “Brisbane’s Intellectual Ascent: A History of Humanistic Cognition”
BRISBANE’S INTELLECTUAL ASCENT: A HISTORY OF HUMANISTIC COGNITION https://www.academia.edu/162374166/Detailed_Intellectual_History_of_Brisbane_Queensland_or_Brisbanes_Intellectual_Ascent_A_History_of_Humanistic_Cognition_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The intellectual history of Brisbane is a narrative of transition from a colonial outpost characterized by “historical forgetfulness” to a burgeoning centre for inclusive humanism and digital humanism. For too long,…
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Monty Python and Local Free Thought
https://www.academia.edu/161289092/Monty_Python_and_Local_Free_Thought Attached: Monty Python and Local Free Thought Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract This essay explores the intersection between the absurdist humour of Monty Python and the traditions of local free thought in Brisbane and Queensland. Drawing on Gary Hardcastle’s analysis, it argues that Monty Python serves…
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A Land of a Million Dreams
https://www.academia.edu/161287455/A_Land_of_a_Million_Dreams Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Nick Cater’s critique of Australian migration represents a profound “category error” that substitutes a narrow “techné mindset” for a comprehensive understanding of human flourishing. By framing the presence of migrants as a threat to the “social fabric,” Cater relies on “passive nihilism” and…
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Tackling Propaganda: How legitimate advocates for change can challenge opposing institutions known to use propaganda
Abstract Legitimate advocates for social change often face institutions that maintain the status quo through “institutional bullshit” and sophisticated propaganda designed to enforce orthopraxy (uniform action) rather than genuine belief. Drawing on the analysis of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero, change is not merely a political event but a universal mode of disclosure that redefines a…
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Propaganda, Numbers, and Marketing in the early 21st century
Propaganda, Numbers, and Marketing are related concepts tied together by lying. Have a look at the post by “History at UQ”: Scholars at “History at UQ” are being sidelined in this propaganda campaign. There was a time that historians at “history at uq” would never undignified themselves with a…
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That Most Persons Do Not Realise How Fooled They are by a Failed Education Systems
I have never like these tests, though, as tests of observations it is a better designed test than most. The reason is that tests which require meta-theoretical observations are better that tests that are simple calculations. Here we see several A.I. mistakes on that basis. So I asked the A.I.: How…
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The Messaging of the Past Thinkers: In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work
This essay synthesizes the “messages” of the seminal thinkers identified in the Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers (prior to 1983) and integrates their insights with the subsequent philosophical work of Dr. Neville Buch and his 21st-century contemporaries. https://www.academia.edu/150270892/The_Messaging_of_the_Past_Thinkers_In_Relation_to_Dr_Buchs_Work Attached: The Messaging of the Past Thinkers. In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work …
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Tackling Australian Historical Ignorance Head-On
Said in a tradition of Australian politicians. I was thinking this morning would Australians talk of “defending the constitution”. Would they know what they were defending? Certainly, defending the Australian constitution is not defending gun rights, nor free speech, nor “inalienable rights”. If we were to defend the Australian constitution, then there…