“At the precise moment heat is produced, the process is irreversible: the past differs from the future,” writes Carlo Rovelli in Reality Is Not What It Seems. “It is always heat and only heat that distinguishes the past from the future.” I find this fascinating - the notion that heat is inextricably tied to our … Continue reading Time Travel, Thermodynamics and Heat: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 5
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Religion, Knowledge and Intelligence: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 3
I'd just like to qualify this next section by admitting that, for the first couple of pars, I’d been reading Nietzsche and Rovelli and then decided to note down some thoughts after drinking a bit. So it begins with something of a mild drunken blast. But I have opted to publish it because I still … Continue reading Religion, Knowledge and Intelligence: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 3
Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 1: A Question of Priorities
Great minds can achieve great things - but true greatness lies in helping great causes
To Favour Curry – Excess, Success and a Balanced Diet
Why most good things come at a price
The Bell by Iris Murdoch review: Love, Morality and Genuinity
A critical and philosophical review of Iris Murdoch’s brilliant novel The Bell
Nietzsche and Niceness: The Whole Truth and Anything But The Truth
How the great philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche can help to make the world a better place