What I’ve been doing lately
Lowering standards I've not been writing much of anything lately, but rest assured, I've just been spending all my free time reading books.I've been so concerned with adhering to a…
My prejudices in a list
(Part 2/2) Introduction You can find Part 1 here. There is a very high chance you will be offended by this as I am prejudiced against a lot of people.…
My prejudices
(Part 1 of 2) Introduction To begin as most people might: I'm not perfect; I have undesirable traits and characteristics just like everyone else. But, I think of it as…
IELTS was very hard
I recently took a computerised IELTS (Academic) test (except the speaking part), and it was far harder than I expected it to be. Serves me right to be overconfident—I did…
An aside on keeping pet cats
I've just finished The Power of Babel, which was a book about the benefits of owning a cat, preferably black with white spots.Okay, it's not, it was a very interesting…
Intelligence is not selected for
A discussion on meaning by way of how we exist, with a twist
Pinker’s Enlightenment Now
The biggest problem with this book is the fact most important section: "On science, reason, and humanism" was placed at the back of the book, easily-missed by the many skimmers…
Restating some positions
Okay, in all fairness, the last few times I said I'd keep it short it didn't end up short at all, but I'll really try and keep it short this…
Excuses for why I haven’t finished the Power of Babel
The Power of Babel is a 2001 book by John McWhorter that I'm still reading after 3 weeks.It's filled with so many examples and comparisons I couldn't help but get…
“Don’t forget”, I said
When I was six I thought my memory was eternal and that I could not possibly forget anything as long as I tried. It's been decades now, and I still…