This is an updated version of an earlier post, prompted by current political events where so much seems to hinge on our understanding of truth and lies. The original starting point for the post was writing previously about information theory and negentropy. I referred to the role of misinformation, and said that information was neither… Read More Truth and Lies Revisited
This is my sixth post in a WP challenge (“Bloganuary”) to write something every day throughout January with the aid of a prompt. The above title is the prompt. As it is now 31st January, I have failed miserably in this challenge. No excuses – further comments when the Met police have finished their investigation… Read More How I Feel When I Look at the Stars
This is the fifth post in a WP challenge (“Bloganuary”) to write something every day throughout January with the aid of a prompt. The above title is the prompt. Oh, this is a tricky one. There are so many things I wish I knew how to do. Well, actually, it is probably quite easy to… Read More Something I Wish I Knew How to Do
This is the fourth post in a WP challenge (“Bloganuary”) to write something every day throughout January with the aid of a prompt. The above title is the prompt. I had an analogue, non-electronic, and gender-stereotypical childhood here in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s. It has been difficult to choose a favourite toy… Read More My Favourite Toy as a Child
This is the third post in a WP challenge (“Bloganuary”) to write something every day throughout January with the aid of a prompt. The above title is the prompt. We tend to think of a comfort zone as some kind of homogeneous place where we feel at ease. I think that it is helpful to… Read More The Last Time I Left my Comfort Zone
This is the second post in a WP challenge (“Bloganuary”) to write something every day throughout January with the aid of a prompt. The above title is the prompt. I have added the question mark. This post neatly follows on from yesterday’s about my teenage years, which ended on the beach at Matala in Crete.… Read More A Road Trip I Would Love to Take?
This is the first post in a WP challenge (“Bloganuary”) to write something every day throughout January with the aid of a prompt. The above title is the prompt. As is the case for most people, my teenage years occupied 7 years of my life. They began shortly before the FIFA World Cup in 1966… Read More Advice to my Teenage Self
Recent political events here in the UK have prompted me to write this blog. I have been struggling with the ideas for a few days and as yet they are far from being fully formed. I am hoping that by trying to express them here they may become clearer to me. I am posting under… Read More What Has Happened to our Moral Compasses?
What, is it May already? Hibernation is one thing, but disappearing from here for close on two years is something else entirely! But I am pertinently awake now to post about alertness. The stimulus for this post comes from our government’s exhortation for us to “Stay Alert!” as we precariously enter the next phase of… Read More Dr Derek’s Guide to Being Alert
For those of you who want to follow my running stories beyond Musselburgh, wherever they may lead, you can find me on my dedicated running blog at Psychologist on the Run. We run to escape, we run to embrace, and we run in the moment. Hindsight, foresight and insight. These are among the themes we… Read More Follow me beyond Musselburgh…
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