Sunday, December 20, 2020

Everything you need to know about COVID-19

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  Yes - I know, you are probably sick of reading about Covid-19 . In this post I plan on telling you how to protect yourself and how to prot...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Mosquitoes, chicken wire, COVID-19 and masks

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Is wearing a mask to stop the spread of COVID-19 really pointless? Let's take a look at one of the objections in detail. By now you'...
Sunday, June 07, 2020

If you could make all 7.5 billion people on Earth sit down and read a book of your choosing, what book do you choose and why?

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First give me time to write it. It would be an optimistic book. One which points out what’s wrong with the world today but which suggests ho...
Monday, May 18, 2020

A bang or a whimper?

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The last sound - Huh? Is the world going to end with a bang - or with a whimper? What about that bit in Revelations - The last trump? T...
Sunday, March 01, 2020

How humans and computers follow instructions

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Years ago, when I taught Information technology, I used two stories to explain the difference between how computers and people followed...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

A viral post (and how to protect yourself)

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Do you understand how viruses spread? Knowing this can help safeguard your health. That's particularly important if you want to minim...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

How Jeremy Corbyn should make his position on Brexit clear.

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Jeremy Corbyn refused nine times to be drawn on his position on Brexit and was much taunted by it in the election debate. This is how I thin...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

There's no such thing as democracy when it comes to Brexit

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In 2016 the UK held a referendum on whether to leave the European Community. The Prime Minister at the time, David Cameron, committed the UK...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Solve these moral dilemmas

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I answer questions on Quora . One of the items I frequently see there is from theists who ask how an atheist can be moral without believing ...