Category: Musings
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Is it really 4D chess?
You may have heard the comment in reply to someone criticising DJTs decisions or actions, “He’s playing 4D chess”. The implication being that what is happening is beyond the original persons ability to understand. I’m wondering if this is a case of the phenomenon known as the “Pre/Trans Fallacy”. I first read about this phenomenon…
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Contemplating the power outage
Recently we experienced a severe storm that left the area without power, phone & internet. The water supply for the house that we occupy comes from a tank that collects rain water, and is fed to the house via an electric pump. So when the power is out we also don’t have any tap water…
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The case against having pets
Whoever came up with the idea of domesticating animals and turning them into pets had one of the worst ideas ever! My rant 😀 Ok, with that out of the way here are some thoughts around why keeping pets is not a good idea. They start out fairly personal and mostly opinion and progress to…
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The Ossification of Sport
In the beginning a few people got together with a stick and a ball, or maybe just a ball or something else, to have some fun. Some of them tried to get the ball to one particular spot and the others tried to get it to a different spot. Some onlookers thought it was quite…