• Right Honourable Gentlemen

    There can hardly be a sight so little edifying as the Right Honourable Gentlemen of the House of Commons in full debate.

  • Meditation is not Just for Christmas

    Meditation is not or need not be any sort of religious devotion. But it must become a way of life if it is to be any help to you.

  • Dementia – A Carer’s Survival Guide

    “Dementia” is simply an umbrella term for a vast and cruel range of hideous and debilitating symptoms.

  • Can Artificial Intelligence dream of electric sheep?

    Physics has created the human mind; physics aided by the human mind can certainly create general artificial intelligence.

  • Has Iain M. Banks Sublimed?

    The bald facts are that Ian Banks was a Scottish socialist and atheist and one of the finest writers and thinkers of our age.

  • Don’t Go Down the Rabbit Hole

    Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes runs close by. Don’t follow it!

  • Happiness

    Happiness is perhaps best described as the absence of unhappiness.

  • Science and the Sublime

    Will science provide what religion has failed to give us?  According to the “transhumanists” the answer is assuredly yes.

  • Self-Help Gurus

    Self help gurus are guaranteed fakes.  So are all other self anointed gurus.  Avoid them – run for your life and keep your purse locked.

  • Job Satisfaction and Happiness – Pigs’ Ears and Silk Purses

    If you are not satisfied and fulfilled by your job it is a fair bet you are not happy.  Certainly not as happy as you could and should be.