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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…
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What UQ and Griffith are Missing
Abstract In the 2026–2025 Times Higher Education Subject Rankings for Arts and Humanities, the University of Queensland and Griffith University are doing poorly in two categories: Research Environment and Teaching. In 2025 the University of Queensland’s ranking research environment was 32.0%, it has only now reached 35.2%. In 2025 Griffith University’s ranking research…
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How to bring social change for the better
PDF File: How to bring social change for the better Abstract The intersection of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero’s “Metaphysics of Revolution” and the work of Dr. Neville Buch constitutes a 21st-century “new thinking” that redefines the mechanism of change in human society. Rovero redefines revolution not as a mere political event…
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Three “Women” Philosophers
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Dr. Neville Buch provides a powerful intellectual defence of human authorship and plurality in an era increasingly defined by the “technical abyss” and the erosion of truth. Arendt’s “how” of philosophy—rooted in passionate thinking, the vita activa, and a non-determinative theory…