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AI and the Quest for Wisdom Essay
Artificial Intelligence and the Quest for Wisdom by Neville Buch Introduction On Artificial Intelligence, “The Perennial Philosophy” shows how to do better in the combinations of wisdom and knowledge which is open to learning. The term refers to a comprehensive understanding of philosophical thinking, and also theological thinking that follows. This is…
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The Future Lies Ahead not Above…(Dr Neil Peach)
The Future Lies Ahead not Above… by Neil Peach Exteriorisation [and the Implications of a Delinearised and Inseparable Hyperlanguaged Technology] Abstract This report examines exteriorisation as a driving force in human development, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically Google’s Notebook LM (NLM), as a modern manifestation of this process. It analyses…
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2025 and forward, Dr Neville Buch’s Message
Drawing on the sources, Dr Neville Buch’s message across time, as reflected in his curriculum vitae, publications, and other writings, centres on the critical understanding of history, cognition, education, and their intricate relationships, particularly within the context of Queensland intellectual history and policy. His work consistently emphasizes the importance of historiography as a tool for…
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Phlebas the Phoenician
Phlebas the Phoenician, for modernity, is introduced by T.S. Elliot as a character from his poem The Waste Land, in Part IV. ‘Death by Water’. It is the shortest section of the poem, describing the aftermath of the drowning of Phoenician sailor Phlebas, an event forewarned by Madame Sosostris. His corpse is still trapped…
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“I rather be Right than Correct” : Needing to be Correct Not Right
“I rather be Right than Correct”. If you have intelligent ears to hear, intelligent eyes to see, and intelligent mouths to speak, the statement is perceived in the Age of Trumpism. Today, assertion is increasingly made without the intelligence. There is a confusion between the term “right” and the term “correct”. “Right” means…
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I CAN PAY YOU, I HAVE BEEN PAYING YOU, YOUR MACHINE THINKING FAILS THE PUBLIC
BUSINESS Office: 18 Callendar St, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109 AUSTRALIA 23 February 2025 RE: Prevented from Making Immediate Payment through Machine Thinking Dear Medibank Executive Officer, This morning I was ready to pay the bills and this was what I was confronted with: 1. the machine would not allow me…
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MBH Project on the Public History International Map; Isn’t it time for State and Council Funding to Keep the MBH Project Going?
Now that the MBH Project is on the Public History International Map, Isn’t it time for State and Council Funding to Keep the MBH Project Going? BUSINESS Office: 18 Callendar St, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109 AUSTRALIA 22 February 2025 Re: 2024 World Conference of Public History: follow up Dear South-East…
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The Spiral Historiography of Radical-Liberal-Conservative: Vague Definitions and Practices
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. It does not work as empirical observations of the political games in rhetoric, where persons try foolishly to rationalise their own political prejudices. That foolish worldview is full of vague definitions and practices. The model untangles the confusion into a better structured…
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The Polite and Civilising Madness: Slow cuts and its lasting harm, staff warn stricken universities
“Universities have been urged to reconsider “unprecedented” cuts planned across the UK sector, or risk facing complaints about declining standards and damaging their reputations both locally and abroad.” Tom Williams, Slow cuts or risk lasting harm, staff warn stricken universities, THE. January 30, 2025. Saying the binary “slow cuts or risk lasting harm” is…
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The Solutions in the History Industry Redeeming itself from the Curse of Nostalgia (heads in the sands of time)
When British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher caused an uproar in 1987 by telling an interviewer, “There is no such thing as society,” she was referring to the big amorphous concept, not the specific word. All these years later, though, with “society” vanishing everywhere, it’s tempting to think that Maggie was just ahead of her time.…